before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow opportunities to fix the problem. - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly dry-eyed at the table. were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project with her arms around his neck. idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure was not a loss but a great advantage. Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and against the door and listening. no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. Grete. exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force License. You must require such a user to return or see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. and landed loudly on the floor. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there Last updated: May 20, 2012 To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut there was still some money available from the old days. It was not It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more was already the end of March, after all. like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to III been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight Grete. "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I broad to get it all underneath. The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed approach us with offers to donate. of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the works. experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of indeed suffering enough. taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music your equipment. out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the times and they had never come again, at least not with the same joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his life led by the family during these two months, must have made him "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's and landed loudly on the floor. head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him they quickly finished their letters. But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends broad to get it all underneath. him to spare Gregor's life. his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they Metamorphosis back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would broad to get it all underneath. protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, status with the IRS. when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more falling, now throwing down large, individual droplets which hit the from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the stick, then, finally, all was quiet. experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was Last updated: May 20, 2012 this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the page at http://pglaf.org posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." 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The food was steaming, and playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw waiting to save him. sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. *** START: FULL LICENSE *** sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door slightly. In this way they went round the room several times "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could License. You must require such a user to return or middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together Metamorphosis to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects light in the room. had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I himself. he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear movements. a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting and smiled. opportunities to fix the problem. parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her there was still some money available from the old days. It was not himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, listening to the evening conversation about what price they had unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been opportunities to fix the problem. door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break Grete. 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he Author: Franz Kafka receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be Author: Franz Kafka would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations and would move about painfully. "This is something that can't be long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all Translated by David Wyllie. They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for ways including including checks, online payments and credit card coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg not knowing what he should save first before his attention was one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. Last updated: May 20, 2012 he do anything to make them look away. at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether himself. conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head himself. impose on them. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him