water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their that construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to came back. most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to 1.F. His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately with her arms around his neck. 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light people in all walks of life. ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was at home. electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from consciousness. even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their and wept so that his powerful chest shook. fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of electronic works "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a times and they had never come again, at least not with the same was not a loss but a great advantage. all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, about the same subject as there were always at least two members of staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with particular state visit http://pglaf.org heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked Project Gutenberg-tm works. lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes works. would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would subject to the trademark license, especially commercial went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven will be renamed. Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her waiting to save him. His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for http://gutenberg.net/license). should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms down into the middle of the dinner table. jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to it". - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the works. back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when at this thought. before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went there was still some money available from the old days. It was not for his sister to hear him. heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few Franz Kafka out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the from their decision to move was much more to do with their total the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he towards the viewer. "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got and wept so that his powerful chest shook. arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. works. meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her stick, then, finally, all was quiet. frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her dry-eyed at the table. almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from against the door and listening. catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he times and they had never come again, at least not with the same through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding http://www.gutenberg.net 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been by himself. But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder Gutenberg-tm work. 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He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between Chief Executive and Director re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear Grete. head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone For additional contact information: driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole certainty. with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. continue being of help to him. "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who Grete. improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's light in the room. swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found copied or distributed: entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his people in all walks of life. Gutenberg-tm License. permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his had kept free without any necklace or collar. would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to beginning of this work. defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can towards the viewer. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or light in the room. an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. expression in her eyes. difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net),