2Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling

Nag was thinking of himself and watching the least little movement in the grass behind Rikki-tikki.

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Nag knew that mongooses in the garden meant death sooner or later for him and Nag`s family.

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Rikki-tikki knew better than waste time in staring. Rikki-tikki jumped in the air as high as he could go, and just under him whizzed by the head of Nagaina, Nag`s wicked wife.

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Darzee had built the nest out of reach of snakes, and it only swayed to and fro.

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When a snake misses its strokes, it never says anything or gives any sign of what it means to do next.

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Teddy shouted to the house: “Oh, look there! Our mongoose is being killed by a snake.

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Rikki-tiki was going to eat Karait up from the tail when he remembered that a full meal makes a strong mongoose.

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Teddy`s mother picked Rikki-tikki up from the dust and hugged him, crying that Rikki-tikki had saved Teddy from death.

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Teddy carried Rikki-tikki off to bed and insisted on Rikki-tikki`s sleeping under his chin.

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As well as Teddy was asleep Rikki-tikki went off for his nightly walk round the house, and in the dark Rikki-tikki ran up against a big snake.

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