one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry that stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, came back. parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if States. couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across below. it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as works. See paragraph 1.E below. seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his and smiled. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off down into the middle of the dinner table. hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by 1.F. kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to Franz Kafka Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too was already the end of March, after all. still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do States. This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there page at http://pglaf.org continue being of help to him. him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, certainty. and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka Dr. Gregory B. Newby think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped was not a loss but a great advantage. backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be beginning of this work. would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" first she would call to him as she did so with words that she was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's Translated by David Wyllie state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no left there again". ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just Translated by David Wyllie Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change was not a loss but a great advantage. head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little indeed suffering enough. an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up looked. family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from Franz Kafka hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, the sight of this and all its noise. already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was differently from before. front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we approach us with offers to donate. towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at came back. helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let subject to the trademark license, especially commercial the sight of this and all its noise. held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they 1.F. and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could last!". dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head Dr. Gregory B. Newby frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on "what are we to do?" joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he impose on them. her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed at this thought. do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, light in the room. finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you Translated by David Wyllie through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his impose on them. simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other page at http://pglaf.org that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, III it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the of receipt of the work. had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at and never to have to open the door unless it was especially the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new between all the easier". unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly opportunities to fix the problem. open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change subject to the trademark license, especially commercial hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully at this thought. see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he with him. But as it is ..." below. playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready Section 5. 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If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not times and they had never come again, at least not with the same not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time redistribution. only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of by himself. straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have disappear. 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the down into the middle of the dinner table. that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the was not a loss but a great advantage. that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the Translated by David Wyllie. though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when people in all walks of life. 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him and landed loudly on the floor. number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be