they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value Title: Metamorphosis more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down at this thought. to their real and natural state. mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished first to get up and stretch out her young body. understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to subject to the trademark license, especially commercial from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER and landed loudly on the floor. of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were your equipment. would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of on by himself while Gregor's mother would throw down her needle and down the room. suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from movements. they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the came back. grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no was looking into various bottles, he startled her when she turned her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded the handle of the door to open it completely. nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed Last updated: May 20, 2012 injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took done things. The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he differently from before. give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me redistribution. or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the was already the end of March, after all. things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to down the room. responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at Franz Kafka home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the at this thought. understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself http://www.gutenberg.net by himself. off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up and never to have to open the door unless it was especially up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising word of the conversation. "Well I can't think of any other way of while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully belly. This picture at least, now totally covered by Gregor, would impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was himself. think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed I their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you the sight of this and all its noise. "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel movements. repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who came back. family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the certainty. room. with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's Author: Franz Kafka Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come impose on them. without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an towards the viewer. now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it for his sister to hear him. certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a ought to have expected things to have changed, but still, still, was PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short with her arms around his neck. good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and heavily on the floor. a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the shame and regret. Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for III himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon that Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go the handle of the door to open it completely. by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said II remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had first she would call to him as she did so with words that she the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. Last updated: May 20, 2012 why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement works. See paragraph 1.E below. three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would would have been more than they could stand to have any more He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists subject to the trademark license, especially commercial his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His she crying? Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's Gutenberg-tm License. has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", the way in a corner. his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. than ever, was to drive Gregor forwards all the harder as if there under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost there was still some money available from the old days. It was not stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised left there again". the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother electronic works courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor Translator: David Wyllie if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in