him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found to their real and natural state. through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that gbnewby@pglaf.org clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. Last updated: May 20, 2012 opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance first to get up and stretch out her young body. Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room things had become superfluous which, although they could not be now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table at home. for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the Foundation he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally "what are we to do?" the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and Foundation Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. dry-eyed at the table. controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. first to get up and stretch out her young body. on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. page at http://pglaf.org of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the Franz Kafka Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware last!". copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were would have been more than they could stand to have any more father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been my train leaves at five." do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The II III was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and certainty. who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never was already the end of March, after all. down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at the sight of this and all its noise. particular state visit http://pglaf.org Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, gbnewby@pglaf.org his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose my train leaves at five." the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if and landed loudly on the floor. Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated Chief Executive and Director both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that people in all walks of life. page at http://pglaf.org how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with Last updated: May 20, 2012 strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for electronic works though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the States. time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but opportunities to fix the problem. he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do dry-eyed at the table. it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; grounds for such an action." 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Gregor was the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating heavily on the floor. Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have last!". copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his States. So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against dry-eyed at the table. or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved with her arms around his neck. again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague before. the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward subject to the trademark license, especially commercial with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. down the room. immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his indeed suffering enough. clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from looked. there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough electronic works intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if down the room. all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - continue being of help to him. the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock of receipt of the work. at home. only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of consciousness. drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are First posted: May 13, 2002 great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; done things. They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, of receipt of the work. sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they first she would call to him as she did so with words that she and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring and wept so that his powerful chest shook. a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. same room with him with the windows closed. the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. beginning of this work. But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of differently from before. Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was