Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

From The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard
The beloved standalone story of a mongoose who defends an English family's bungalow from the cobras Nag and Nagaina.
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, opening
This is the story of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the bath-rooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment.
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

The climactic fight with Nagaina at the melon bed and down the rat-hole—mongoose against cobra, a quintessential Kipling set-piece.

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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Darzee's chant of praise: 'Sing to your children / Death in the garden...'

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