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Someone must have slandered Josef K.
When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from restless dreams
Someone must have slandered Josef K., because he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong. "Like a dog! " he said, it was as if shame should outlive him. When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed into a monstrous vermin in his bed.
And it was like a confirmation of their new dreams and good intentions when, at the end of their journey, their daughter was the first to rise and stretch her young body. "It's a strange contraption," said the officer to the explorer, surveying the familiar apparatus with a look of admiration.
But they overcame each other, crowded round the cage and refused to move. Someone must have slandered Josef K., because one morning he was arrested without having done anything wrong. "Like a dog! " he said, it was as if the shame should outlive him.
When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed into a monstrous vermin in his bed.