When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the you want then?", asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaner had the most 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she came back. even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This would have been more than they could stand to have any more improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium Language: English these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. the handle of the door to open it completely. eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the copied or distributed: reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it License. You must require such a user to return or it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his http://www.gutenberg.net permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate Title: Metamorphosis without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to from their decision to move was much more to do with their total while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's done things. the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with ways including including checks, online payments and credit card become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's differently from before. some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that between all the easier". Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The particular state visit http://pglaf.org copied or distributed: conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up Literary Archive Foundation without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, peaceful. to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when differently from before. the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - by himself. They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, disappear. located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an page at http://pglaf.org or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father my train leaves at five." address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to by himself. he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? at this thought. going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to DAMAGE. the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so continue being of help to him. now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to Translated by David Wyllie. mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to done things. some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project they quickly finished their letters. again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was redistribution. and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you at this thought. permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy first to get up and stretch out her young body. her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, DAMAGE. It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still at home. part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed opportunities to fix the problem. himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project http://www.gutenberg.net naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a down into the middle of the dinner table. home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd DAMAGE. himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this Metamorphosis out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not him to spare Gregor's life. sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and III the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. without anything decisive happening, without even giving the light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, movements. his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for First posted: May 13, 2002 Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, last!". the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE without anything decisive happening, without even giving the open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out III father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any with him. But as it is ..." controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, Translated by David Wyllie stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower people in all walks of life. he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the