<P> "Rikki - Tikki - Tavi" is a short story in the 1894 anthology The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young mongoose . </P> <P> The story has often been anthologized, and has been published more than once as a short book in its own right . </P> <P> The story follows the experiences of a mongoose named Rikki - Tikki - Tavi (for his chattering vocalizations) after he is adopted into a British family residing in India, as a pet and as protection against cobras . </P> <P> After becoming friendly with some of the other creatures inhabiting the garden, Rikki is warned of two cobras Nag and Nagaina, who are angered by the family's presence on their territory . Accordingly, Nag enters the house's bathroom before dawn to kill the humans and make Rikki leave so their babies will grow in a safe place without worries . Nag is subsequently ambushed and attacked by Rikki from behind . The struggle that ensues awakens the human family and the father kills Nag with a shotgun . </P>

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