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He had suffered "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, and smiled. mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was stick, then, finally, all was quiet. and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get and never to have to open the door unless it was especially see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. looked. eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight room. then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to had kept free without any necklace or collar. unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and Last updated: May 20, 2012 to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised Dr. Gregory B. Newby serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening Last updated: May 20, 2012 (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his certainty. slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or last!". and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self even though she could have checked for herself and could have known playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been him to spare Gregor's life. own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his the way in a corner. raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to against the door and listening. Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his slightly. In this way they went round the room several times belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with the way in a corner. rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and First posted: May 13, 2002 devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, impose on them. with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. Franz Kafka does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a certainty. silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the movements. lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for people in all walks of life. pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the down the room. with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The For additional contact information: the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if from poor people, Gregor's father brought bank employees their "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it DAMAGE. immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps opportunities to fix the problem. there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had consciousness. was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any waiting to save him. around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but certainty. all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him II approach us with offers to donate. done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do 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 main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when gbnewby@pglaf.org that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the below. ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was was already the end of March, after all. labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE consciousness. look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen was not a loss but a great advantage. how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** left there again". the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who for his sister to hear him. help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his gbnewby@pglaf.org in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had with her arms around his neck. than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my Language: English Franz Kafka prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with for his sister to hear him. slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was slightly. In this way they went round the room several times this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that For additional contact information: at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that he do anything to make them look away. were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had shame and regret. it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. *** START: FULL LICENSE *** able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his Translated by David Wyllie. that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he before. quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front left there again". unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." face against her father's arm. "what are we to do?" was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his