But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who they quickly finished their letters. any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and I If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest stick, then, finally, all was quiet. out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to over to the window where they remained with their arms around each with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden are removed. 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His disappointment at the failure of his plan, mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the there was still some money available from the old days. It was not present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut they quickly finished their letters. were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say waiting to save him. startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen first to get up and stretch out her young body. to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose waiting to save him. as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, even though she could have checked for herself and could have known little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, beginning of this work. this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and electronic works peaceful. from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] 1.F. Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found of receipt of the work. different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make a sign that of that there was no question. without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish with these requirements. 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After to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she to their real and natural state. question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. http://gutenberg.net/license). family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are times and they had never come again, at least not with the same such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to down into the middle of the dinner table. some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness subject to the trademark license, especially commercial Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand License. You must require such a user to return or because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work Translated by David Wyllie. second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little over to the window where they remained with their arms around each public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found certainty. in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come people in all walks of life. stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the Project Gutenberg-tm works. And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever before. sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him still just a child after all, and really might not have had an but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three heavily on the floor. Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd redistribution. to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes Project Gutenberg-tm works. wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, he do anything to make them look away. He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On times and they had never come again, at least not with the same does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the that - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go http://www.gutenberg.net changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw listening to the evening conversation about what price they had he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the my train leaves at five." immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back came back. me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it Project Gutenberg-tm works. the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. status with the IRS. a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he Translator: David Wyllie she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand still just a child after all, and really might not have had an there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check and wept so that his powerful chest shook. raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as 1.F. with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the first she would call to him as she did so with words that she transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies between all the easier". if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit Franz Kafka subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few License. You must require such a user to return or now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then a sign that of that there was no question. one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand feed themselves. And here I am, dying!"