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In “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” Rikki and the humans struggle to keep the snakes out. Rikki-tikki-tavi decides to kill them. Rikki-tikki wants to keep Nag out of the garden and bungalow because he is trying to kill the humans that saved Rikki's life. Rikki-tikki-tavi had a near death experience and the humans of a garden and bungalow found him. Teddy, the son, thought he was dead but his father picked him up and took him home anyway. The family gave him a bath and fed him. It turned out that Rikki was actually alive. Rikki knew not to eat too much or else he would be a slow mongoose. Rikki knew instantly that this new family was kind and caring. In the passage it states, "...So they wrapped him in cotton wool, and warmed him over a little fire, and he opened his eyes and sneezed." A little after this …show more content…
That's when Rikki heard a strange noise. Once he got outside he noticed that someone had made a beautiful nest. Darzee and his wife made this nest but they were very miserable due to an encounter with their dead bird eggs. Darzee mentioned that Nag had eaten them when they fell out of the nest. Rikki was curious about who Nag was and why he would want to eat the bird eggs. Rikki-tikki-tavi finally found out who Nag was and knew that Nag was doing wrong. He knew that Nag would either try to kill him or his family. Nag was afraid of Rikki because he knew that Mongooses are more powerful and Rikki would try to get

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