Tikki Tavi Cobras

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Mongooses are born to kill snakes, they can also kill King Cobras, the deadliest snake. With a long length of 18 feet a King Cobra can take out an Asian Elephant and can kill 50% of humans that it bites. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a mongoose who was washed away when a human family found him. He saves this family multiple times, and gains their trust. Mongooses are born to kill snakes but what Rikki-Tikki-Tavi did was absolutely amazing. There is a book and a movie of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Both of these stories are somewhat the same, but there are some differences.
The problem in the Rikki-Tikki-Tavi book was cobras. There were two cobras named Nag and Nagaina, they were the rulers of the garden in front of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’s owners garden. Everyone was scared of them, but Rikki-Tikki was a mongoose, and mongooses kill snakes. The climax of the story was when Rikki-Tikki killed Nag.
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There were two cobras named Nag and Nagaina, they were the rulers of Rikki-Tikki Tavi’s family garden. Everyone was scared of them, but Rikki-Tikki was a mongoose, and mongooses are born to kill snakes. The climax of the story was when Rikki-Tikki killed Nag. Nag was waiting for one of the humans to come into the bath tub so that he could kill them. Rikki-Tikki bit Nag and didn’t let go until the big man shot Nag into two pieces. The resolution was killing Nagaina. When Rikki-Tikki killed Nagaina he also broke all of her eggs so that there would be no more cobras. Doing this made the garden safe from snakes, no snake would try to take on Rikki-Tikki ever again. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi made a whole garden safe from snakes for a long time, and he would save his family from any snakes that come into the garden that mean killing. You might choose the book if you are looking for a more detailed slow paced experience. You could also choose the movie for a more fast paced, exciting experience. Picking either of these will result in you having a good

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