Rikki was very protective in the garden when he saves Teddy’s life from Kariat. Rikki saw Kariat creeping up on Teddy so he rushes on and distracts the snake. Teddy yells ”look our mongoose is killing a snake”(20). When he killed Kariat ”Teddy’s mother picked him up from the dust and hugged him, crying that he had saved Teddy from death”(20). Later while he was fighting Nag in the bathroom and Teddy’s father shot him with a shotgun he said “ It’s the mongoose again , Alice, the little chap has saved our lives now.”(23)
Rikki was very brave the first time he met Nag in the garden when he stood up to him and said, “marks or no marks, do you think it is right to eat your fledglings out of a …show more content…
He killed both of them and saved the garden from the two cobras. All the animals in the garden rejoiced and were