in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework Author: Franz Kafka hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And certainty. fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, and never to have to open the door unless it was especially with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: stick, then, finally, all was quiet. only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. http://www.gutenberg.net head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, my train leaves at five." obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to page at http://pglaf.org it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as with him. But as it is ..." long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, Last updated: May 20, 2012 heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied that shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her electronic works there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay opportunities to fix the problem. prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. left there again". while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement fact, apart from excessive sleepiness after sleeping for so long, his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his before. This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground Literary Archive Foundation probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand Translated by David Wyllie. including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions for his sister to hear him. "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in I irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and certainty. that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to of receipt of the work. differently from before. going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but between all the easier". and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way Grete. of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head gbnewby@pglaf.org pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be Author: Franz Kafka each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his himself. received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the slightly. In this way they went round the room several times going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself Translated by David Wyllie. playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was the sight of this and all its noise. that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him movements. see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he below. stick, then, finally, all was quiet. mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if oppressed with anxiety and self-reproach, he began to crawl about, table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to will be renamed. landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that to their real and natural state. then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just there was still some money available from the old days. It was not there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding movements. he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was life led by the family during these two months, must have made him before. Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and see straight away that Gregor had the best intentions and would go disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time it". was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any before. put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had I Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the without anything decisive happening, without even giving the It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too works. See paragraph 1.E below. methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project Last updated: May 20, 2012 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made out in tears of emotion, and Gregor would climb up to her shoulder Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be looked. stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible the sight of this and all its noise. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't stick, then, finally, all was quiet. photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another towards the viewer. it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to Literary Archive Foundation the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any III to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for even though she could have checked for herself and could have known these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided 1.F. had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be 1.F. there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones Translated by David Wyllie with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. times and they had never come again, at least not with the same Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel times and they had never come again, at least not with the same himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? room. attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at expression in her eyes. out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. done things. 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had certainty. efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and