Guy, and Loren Larson wrote a mathematical book, The Inquisitive Problem Solver, that references Rikki Tikki Tavi in several problems. Without any snakes, the garden then becomes a safe, happy place for the animals around it. After this victory, Rikki spends the rest of his days defending the family garden where no snakes dare to enter. The underground fight is not described, but after an agonizingly long time, Rikki comes out of the hole in triumph, having killed Nagaina. Nagaina snatches the egg and flees to her hole, with Rikki in pursuit. His appearance with the last remaining egg distracts Nagaina long enough for the man to pull the boy to safety. Alerted by Darzee's wife, Rikki races to the verandah with the last egg in his mouth. As Rikki finds and destroys most of the brood (biting off the tops of the eggs and crushing the young cobras), Nagaina corners the family at the breakfast table on the garden verandah ("they sat stone-still, and their faces were white") and threatens to kill Teddy with her venomous bite. Rikki, well aware of the threat, tries to enlist the tailor bird Darzee, a "feather-brained little fellow", to distract Nagaina while he searches for her eggs, but is instead aided by Darzee's sensible wife. Nag is then thrown on the rubbish heap, where Nagaina mourns for him and vows vengeance. Nag thrashes about furiously, and the noise wakes the man, who fires both barrels of a shotgun into Nag, blowing him in two pieces and almost hitting Rikki. Nag goes to the bathroom to wait and kill the "big man", but Rikki follows Nag and bites the cobra by the head above the hood. She also reminds him that their eggs, laid and hidden in the garden, would hatch soon (as they might the next day) and that their children will need room and quiet. The grateful family pet and praise "our mongoose".Īt Nagaina's urging, Nag plans to kill the human family to empty the house so the cobras can again rule the garden. Although the snake, because of its deadly venom and small size, is an even more dangerous foe than a cobra, the mongoose kills him. After that first encounter with the cobras, Rikki's first true battle is with Karait, a dust brown snakeling who threatens the young boy Teddy. The young mongoose, named Rikki Tikki by its new owner, soon finds himself confronted by two dangerous, murderous cobras, Nag (the word is Hindi for "cobra") and his even more dangerous wife Nagaina, who had the run of the garden while the house was unoccupied. They revive it and decide to keep it as a pet. Segowlee) cantonment in Bihar State, India - discovers a young mongoose half drowned from a storm. An English family who has moved to a bungalow in the jungles of India - Sugauli (former British sp.
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