They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he movements. keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to with him. But as it is ..." turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their will be renamed. his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty "what are we to do?" while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread life led by the family during these two months, must have made him Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for Dr. Gregory B. Newby this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous heavily on the floor. door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding II in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat down into the middle of the dinner table. long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, first to get up and stretch out her young body. find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to waiting to save him. top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way indeed suffering enough. At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to For additional contact information: Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on Foundation ways including including checks, online payments and credit card tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method Translator: David Wyllie not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at differently from before. disappear. anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, my train leaves at five." insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest will be renamed. was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his 1.F. playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and face against her father's arm. himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, copied or distributed: unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, consciousness. work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no it". of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of For additional contact information: even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, indeed suffering enough. be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check will be renamed. disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her Grete. less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and Last updated: May 20, 2012 He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a certainty. even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had Title: Metamorphosis 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let impose on them. be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not same room with him with the windows closed. darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his Language: English if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. life led by the family during these two months, must have made him angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest at this thought. chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its it". frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore of receipt of the work. Project Gutenberg-tm works. courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", will be renamed. day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if Project Gutenberg-tm works. round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward certainty. that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of Title: Metamorphosis possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw towards the viewer. through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with stick, then, finally, all was quiet. - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. done things. it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the 1.E.9. quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm and smiled. full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, DAMAGE. amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm certainty. his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the Literary Archive Foundation then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project continue being of help to him. the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to waiting to save him. the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood my train leaves at five."