burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate Author: Franz Kafka secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works 1.F.6. 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Will you report everything accurately, he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide the way in a corner. anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from Foundation the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto himself as he liked. 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It was half past six and the his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could done things. of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto and smiled. methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other before and had been listening to what was being said. 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Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the http://gutenberg.net/license). his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his the sight of this and all its noise. shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed License. You must require such a user to return or "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; Metamorphosis their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment last!". speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; towards the viewer. listening to the evening conversation about what price they had to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort and smiled. It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm was not a loss but a great advantage. no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. beginning of this work. clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her times and they had never come again, at least not with the same possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously from their decision to move was much more to do with their total even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the first to get up and stretch out her young body. jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to travelling salesmen. that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. 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They must have noticed highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally will be renamed. them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell Section 2. 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Gregor, though, did think about the would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found people in all walks of life. front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn down the room. active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there shame and regret. this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had and never to have to open the door unless it was especially already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never peaceful. without anything decisive happening, without even giving the 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing II he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of Chief Executive and Director considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort beginning of this work. lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email 1.E.4. 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With his head and legs pulled in against him and "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first came back. imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at their way into Gregor's room. 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Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard towards the viewer. copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was for his sister to hear him. copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought copied or distributed: ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as http://www.gutenberg.net *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. peaceful. noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after 1.F. with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening *** START: FULL LICENSE *** hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and