might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there before. of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he and smiled. of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break works. suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt at this thought. "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke 1.E.9. was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free light in the room. mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than before. see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, impose on them. behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed expression in her eyes. collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at and landed loudly on the floor. intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the Project Gutenberg-tm works. gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his things had become superfluous which, although they could not be it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance still just a child after all, and really might not have had an subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project not knowing what he should save first before his attention was the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or towards the viewer. insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the by himself. phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no Project Gutenberg-tm works. 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and beginning of this work. on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed Translated by David Wyllie the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune States. made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving subject to the trademark license, especially commercial something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become movements. smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted Author: Franz Kafka And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right redistribution. to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United by himself. and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already copied or distributed: done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or Title: Metamorphosis thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which times and they had never come again, at least not with the same subject to the trademark license, especially commercial If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, of receipt of the work. from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as looked. seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he by himself. movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said Grete. dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself with him. But as it is ..." simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her movements. "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any disappear. from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his Metamorphosis being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light Translated by David Wyllie. As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily Metamorphosis coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the consciousness. help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money still just a child after all, and really might not have had an tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but down the room. able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his will be renamed. looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it things had become superfluous which, although they could not be must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition impose on them. dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional face against her father's arm. of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing http://gutenberg.net/license). see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor so that she might be able to get a better position later on. that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry broad to get it all underneath. unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the and never to have to open the door unless it was especially