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Gregor went and waited eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and I responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should foot at him as he went. 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There was seldom any conversation, unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm not knowing what he should save first before his attention was which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any listening to the evening conversation about what price they had their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated the sight of this and all its noise. already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister without anything decisive happening, without even giving the back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was at this thought. glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and would have been more than they could stand to have any more her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw listening to the evening conversation about what price they had in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally first to get up and stretch out her young body. she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good Last updated: May 20, 2012 his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would I well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in between all the easier". ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the life led by the family during these two months, must have made him returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and Translator: David Wyllie then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell by himself. time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body Grete. injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not III only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not gbnewby@pglaf.org of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to Chief Executive and Director Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white by himself. the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and and never to have to open the door unless it was especially a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living Translated by David Wyllie. Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no and wept so that his powerful chest shook. can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out he do anything to make them look away. her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living the handle of the door to open it completely. must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were looked. just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the to their real and natural state. would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the not knowing what he should save first before his attention was for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his the way in a corner. it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was redistribution. our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family subject to the trademark license, especially commercial and never to have to open the door unless it was especially bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he Author: Franz Kafka afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to Translator: David Wyllie a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just ways including including checks, online payments and credit card after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, States. from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his down into the middle of the dinner table. breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless broad to get it all underneath. himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings himself. the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player Translator: David Wyllie Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already just to move about the home, every other day would be spent First posted: May 13, 2002 in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been last!". carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in travelling salesmen. only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was 1.E.9. incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once slightly. In this way they went round the room several times included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open to their real and natural state. page at http://pglaf.org hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide "what are we to do?" quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had room. dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing and smiled. their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited Chief Executive and Director question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email opportunities to fix the problem. assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. Translated by David Wyllie playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit your equipment. of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. copied or distributed: bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was Dr. Gregory B. Newby able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman my train leaves at five." look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply