LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR himself. pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor about the same subject as there were always at least two members of before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of with him. But as it is ..." condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. consciousness. both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with redistribution. there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would Gutenberg-tm License. through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple down the room. Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth movements. abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she continue being of help to him. thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came ways including including checks, online payments and credit card 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend without anything decisive happening, without even giving the amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all III he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he with her arms around his neck. control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could License. You must require such a user to return or agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. below. He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried by himself. distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he dry-eyed at the table. at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a works. See paragraph 1.E below. he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's works. See paragraph 1.E below. respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right works. Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the 1.F. back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very left there again". For additional contact information: just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite continue being of help to him. but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak subject to the trademark license, especially commercial to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her things had become superfluous which, although they could not be bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of below. that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. listening to the evening conversation about what price they had milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right ways including including checks, online payments and credit card distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking slightly. In this way they went round the room several times Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without beginning of this work. splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this Translated by David Wyllie left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke furniture away would really be any help to him. She thought just to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for thought I knew you as a calm and sensible person, and now you left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where opportunities to fix the problem. courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about first to get up and stretch out her young body. they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept approach us with offers to donate. "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of down the room. she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter at home. a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, between all the easier". Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated page at http://pglaf.org following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the towards the viewer. unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole consciousness. now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But without anything decisive happening, without even giving the rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the will be renamed. http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be Project Gutenberg-tm works. from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His