Publisher's Synopsis
The light of the electric tram lay pale here and there on the ceiling and on the higher parts of the furniture
Die lig van die elektriese trem lê hier en daar bleek op die plafon en op die hoër dele van die meubels
but down at Gregor's level it was dark
maar onder op Gregor se vlak was dit donker
He slowly pushed himself towards the door to see what had happened there
Hy stoot homself stadig na die deur toe om te sien wat daar gebeur het
he was still clumsy with his feelers, which he only now learned to appreciate
hy was nog lomp met sy voelers, wat hy nou eers leer waardeer het
His left side seemed to have one long, unpleasantly tight scar
Sy linkersy het gelyk of hy een lang, onaangename stywe litteken het
and he had to literally limp on his two rows of legs
en hy moes letterlik mank op sy twee rye bene
Incidentally, one of the legs had been seriously injured during the morning's incidents
Terloops, een van die bene is tydens die oggend se voorvalle ernstig beseer
it was almost a miracle that only one of his legs was injured
dit was amper 'n wonderwerk dat net een van sy bene beseer is
and he dragged his leg lifelessly
en hy het sy been leweloos gesleep
Only when he reached the door did he realize what had actually lured him there
Eers toe hy by die deur kom, besef hy wat hom eintlik daarheen gelok het
it was the smell of something edible that had lured him there
dit was die reuk van iets eetbaars wat hom daarheen gelok het
