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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a young mongoose who washed up in a garden after a storm. He fought a “great war” to protect a small English family in an indian bungalow. Nag and Nagaina two fierce cobras who ruled this garden. Rikki fought and killed both of them along with their eggs. Rikki was protective, brave and curious while he was protecting the family and garden from the cobras. Rikki was very protective in the garden when he saves Teddy’s life from Kariat. Rikki saw Kariat creeping up on Teddy so…

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    Rikki Tikki Tavi “Family where life begins and love never ends” One of the most known quotes for loving families. In this story a soulful family meets a stray mongoose and takes him in the family. He tries to protects the family as his life’s fullfiled dream. But is Rikki a threat to the family or is he helping them out,or maybe is he just plotting a death to the family in revenge. Keep reading to find out. One day long ago there was a mongoose looking for a home to stretch and live and be…

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    Paragraph 2: In Rikki Tikki Tavi the theme is protection of family. The story starts off when a wild mongoose named Rikki is rescued by a man and his family(23). Now Rikki has a family to protect, then Rikki faces Karait and Karait is killed. On pg 29 Rikki kills Nag because Rikki heard Nag whispering to Nagaina "Go in quietly and remember that the big man is the first one to bite". That's how Nag died Rikki knew that they were going to try and kill the family. Paragraph 3: "He saved…

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    Pros And Cons Of Tikki

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    “Rikki-tikki had a right to be proud of himself; but he did not grow too proud...." (Kipling, 4).This is a sentence in Kipling’s book Rikki-tikki-tavi. It is meant to be for the time nthat Rikki beat Nag and Nagaina, two vicious cobras, that were mistreating and eating most other animals in the garden. After this, Rikki should feel proud of himself because the snakes are very wise, have very impressive physical abilities, and Rikki did not have much help from other animals. The first reason…

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    One day after Nag and Nagaina had been defeated, Rikki-Tikki Tavi was sleeping on the ground and Darzee was singing and flying through the sky. “Ooooh, im free, im free” Darzee sang. “ No more enemies, Im free, im free” he continuously sang. While he was flying over Nag and Nagaina's nest, he had noticed a broken egg. He flew down to see with a smooth landing right above it on the tree. He heard something slithering near the bushes under him. He peaked over to see what it was and freaked out…

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    Rikki Ralousy Theme

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    Theme is the central idea or the moral of a story. Therefore, in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, the theme is obviously good triumphs over evil. To explain, Rikki is great-hearted because he is considerate and listens to the animals, whereas the cobras are as wicked as a witch. They are also immensely selfish because they want the garden all to themselves. Rikki’s relationship with the cobras help guide us to understand the theme of good prevailing evil. I can understand why some people…

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    ISTEP Observation

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    1. Mrs. Carroll decided that day to begin ISTEP preparation with the students, using an audio book on the computer and a booklet for the students to study. The text that all the students listened to was Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, a short classic story that I thought was excellent for seventh graders to easily follow along and prepare them for ISTEP. I was sitting next to another student who has an IEP and I was keeping an eye on her when Mrs. Carroll called me up to her desk. She…

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    mating season the King cobra produces a special hormone that makes him lose his appetite so that he can’t eat his mate. In the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, there is a cobra named Nagaina. One day a mongoose is washed out due to a storm, and meets Nagaina and her husband Nag in the garden of a bungalow. Right away Nagaina knows that the mongoose Rikki can’t stay because venomous snakes and mongooses can’t live together because mongooses kill snakes particularly cobras. Two…

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    in a story that can be supported by text evidence. For example, in the story “Rikki Tikki Tavi” the author Rudyard Kipling gave us so many facts pointing towards the theme good vs. evil. This is the theme because you can prove that it is true also you can support it with text evidence. Another reason this is true is the protagonist fights the antagonist. The author includes dialogue that helps us figure out that Rikki represents the good so the snakes represent the evil. I guess I can see how…

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    exciting mix of every breed of dog imaginable and a group of true dog lovers. Everywhere I looked there were dogs being groomed, dogs yapping at other dogs, and owners and handlers hurriedly checking schedules and completing last minute details. Rikki Tikki Tavi, my black, white, and tan long-coat Chihuahua was my first show dog and the sweetest little guy. He always loved to cuddle me and would get so excited to see me that he would hyperventilate. I never planned to attend, let alone…

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