Character Comparison Between Nag And Nagaina

Narrator: Our story begins here at the residence of an English family living in India. They found a pet mongoose that was washed up by their house. He is called Rikki-tikki because of the sound he makes when running. (Makes the noise of rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk!) There is Chuchundra, the wimpy muskrat who hides in the darkness attempting to go to the center of the room, but is afraid he will get caught by our next characters Nag and Nagaina. Nag and Nagaina are two cobras terrorizing the property that the family lives on. The family is currently eating dinner

Narrator: That night at dinner, walking to and fro among the wine glasses on the table, he might have stuffed himself three times over with nice things; but he remembered Nag and Nagaina,
Chuchundra: H’sh! Nag is everywhere, Rikki-tikki. You should have talked to Chua in the garden.
Rikki-tikki: I didn’t -- so you must tell me. Quick Chuchundra, or I’ll bite you.

Narrator: Chuchundra started to weep till tears rolled off his whiskers.

Chuchundra: (While sobbing) I am a very poor man. I never had spirit enough to run out into the center of the room. H’sh! I mustn’t tell you anything. Can’t you hear Rikki-tikki?

Narrator: As Rikki-tikki listened in, he heard the faintest scratch-scratch in the world, -- a noise faint as that of a wasp walking on a window pane, --the dry scratch of a snake’s scales on brick-work. (Make a small scraping sound) Rikki-tikki said to himself--

Rikki-tikki: That’s Nag or Nagaina, and he’s crawling into the bathroom sluice. You’re right Chuchundra; I should’ve talked to Chua.

Narrator: As soon as Rikki-tikki had finished, he had stole off to Teddy’s bathroom of where he saw nothing. He then went to Teddy’s mother’s bathroom, where he saw the brick pulled out to make the sluice. As he stole in by the masonry curb, he heard Nag and Nagaina conversing
Go in quietly, and remember the big man who killed Karait is the firsssssst one to bite. Then come out and tell me, and we will hunt for Rikki-tikki together.

Nag: But are you sure that there is anything to be gained by killing the people?

Nagaina: Everything. When there were no people, did we have any mongoossssssssse in the garden? So long as the bungalow is empty, we are king and queen of the garden; and remember that as soon as our eggs in the melon-bed hatch, our children will need room and