One hot summer day as Rikki Tikki was resting a high summer flood washed washed him out of the burrow where him, his father, and mother all lived. Everyday he would drag himself down a dirt road. Until one day he stopped to take a rest on what he thought was a dirt road. After he woke up he herd the sound of a little boy. The little boy was saying “Look a dead mongoose let’s have a funeral”. The boy’s mother replied back …show more content…
After that he thought to himself that there was for sure more to explore throughout the house, because it’s every mongoose’s dream to run throughout a house so that’s what he did. Rikki over herd the mom and dad talking about how much safer it would be with him in the nursery with the …show more content…
It was Darzee and his wife. They were very sorrowful and sad . Rikki Tikki saw how sad they were then asked “What’s the matter?” Dare replied back saying “we are very miserable, one of our babies fell out of the nest and Nag ate him.” Rikki thought that it was a very sad situation but he didn’t know who Nag was so he asked. Darzee and his wife suddenly cowered down into the nest. Rikki Tikki being unsure jumped back and turned around to see a black five foot long cobra. He then replied “ I am the great Nag”. Rikki and Nag both knew that mongoose would kill and eat snakes so he was already a threat in Nag’s eyes which would explain why the parents needed Rikki- Tikki to watch Teddy in the nursery. Rikki Tikki and Nag talked about how wrong or how right it was for him to eat the little birdie. As they were talking Darzee screamed “Look Out” and Rikki Tikki jumped back only to find Nagaina. Nag’s wicked wife. When a mongoose feels threatened their eyes light up with redness in fury.
In the evening later Teddy came running down the dirt path, and Rikki Tikki was ready to petted. When all of a sudden the words “ Be careful I am death” were said. It was Kerait. Again Rikki Tikki’s eyes grew red with fury. Rikki Tikki found a place to kill Kerait before he strikes him. Then Teddy ran shouting into the house “Look our mongoose is killing a snake”. Father ran out with a stick but the job was already done . They praised him for the