request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much greatest consideration so that his family could bear the Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room from his mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the floor. If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do had kept free without any necklace or collar. "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, last!". in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was the handle of the door to open it completely. sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples before. chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then was already the end of March, after all. closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, Project Gutenberg-tm works. away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. Section 3. 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But the loudest his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up had kept free without any necklace or collar. he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made particular state visit http://pglaf.org the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: before. kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his it". interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever and never to have to open the door unless it was especially mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back 1.E.9. suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just and wept so that his powerful chest shook. corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you same room with him with the windows closed. body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his easily done, probably because of the practise he had already had in sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning so that she might be able to get a better position later on. located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest because of that. What should he do now? The next train went at to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest do any more. And the injury in Gregor's back began to hurt as much form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings things had become superfluous which, although they could not be removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free III up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little times and they had never come again, at least not with the same unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially License. You must require such a user to return or to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at waiting to save him. nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. differently from before. an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you for his sister to hear him. wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm himself. went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at before. the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. and wept so that his powerful chest shook. She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their differently from before. him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. waiting to save him. front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with for his sister to hear him. strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes a sign that of that there was no question. works. See paragraph 1.E below. work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from not knowing what he should save first before his attention was Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to page at http://pglaf.org consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here for his sister to hear him. open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and listening to the evening conversation about what price they had walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all against the door and listening. quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any electronic works state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. face against her father's arm. And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear hurriedly pulled the sheet down lower over the couch and put more following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to with him. But as it is ..." him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of below. Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked waiting to save him. 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both amazement for their breakfasts; they had been forgotten about. everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the electronic works frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body and smiled. but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, From the room on his right, Gregor's sister whispered to him to let expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his works. See paragraph 1.E below. looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with did not have the time to explain things to him even if that had been does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the he could judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across way it was before so that when Gregor comes back to us again he'll impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already looked. though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were