Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story in The Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling. It deals with an English family in India who discover a mongoose half drowned from a storm and decide to keep it. The mongoose, Rikki-tikki, soon finds himself confronted by two cobras, Nag and Nagaina, who have plans to kill Rikki-tikki's new family.

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The Jungle Book - 1894 - Rudyard Kipling - English - India - Mongoose - Cobras - Nag - Nagaina

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The story is a favorite of Kipling fans and is notable for its frightening and serious tone. Some epic features (heightened prosaic style; songs to the hero) add to the standard typology of hero defeating villain. It has often been anthologised and has also been published more than once as a short book in its own right.

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A short animated version released in 1975 was directed by Chuck Jones and narrated by Orson Welles.

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Animated - 1975 - Chuck Jones - Orson Welles

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