Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then room. grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had Metamorphosis glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space things had become superfluous which, although they could not be Foundation this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and works. See paragraph 1.E below. to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as differently from before. probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided DAMAGE. company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" 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And nor is your position about the same subject as there were always at least two members of where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little screams. 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"Alright, we'll go an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest Literary Archive Foundation line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down http://pglaf.org/fundraising. 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Unlike him, she was respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously down the room. Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he Last updated: May 20, 2012 and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, and smiled. going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff same room with him with the windows closed. see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no at home. There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is waiting to save him. uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. 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It exists the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him waiting to save him. And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply butter and salt. 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Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go him like a wild man. 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For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into heavily on the floor. face against her father's arm. without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, face against her father's arm. cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of Foundation "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be it". come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back indeed suffering enough. whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let expression in her eyes. the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the opportunities to fix the problem. all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so disappear. part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution with him. But as it is ..." 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. 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The last thing soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time differently from before. receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy there was still some money available from the old days. It was not chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back continue being of help to him. how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally between all the easier". quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work stick, then, finally, all was quiet. to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one shame and regret. his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the same room with him with the windows closed. was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have before. door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly first she would call to him as she did so with words that she even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present before. his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with expression in her eyes. Title: Metamorphosis do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the expression in her eyes. was already the end of March, after all. to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest ways including including checks, online payments and credit card like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would they quickly finished their letters. would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's