The story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" - a summary

Rudyard Kipling wrote an interesting story about a small brave mangoste. If you want to recall the plot of the story, but do not have time to read it completely, then you can right now learn the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. The summary for 5 minutes will acquaint the reader with it.

How Ricky appeared in the house

The little mongoose lived with his parents in the forests of India. Once there was a heavy downpour, and the animal was washed into a ditch by a strong stream of water. He almost died. People saved him. They saw a sinking mongoose and got it out of a ditch. It was a family consisting of father, mother and son. At first they thought that the mongoose was lifeless, but then he opened his eyes. The mother carried the animal into the house to dry it. The mongoose was fed and named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

Ricky liked the house, he carefully examined everything and even stained his face in ink, but he was not scolded for it. Very friendly little teaser with Teddy. He even slept with the boy in the same bed.

Animals are friends and enemies of the mongoose

The heroes of the fairy tale "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" are not only Mom, Dad, their son Teddy, but also animals. The boy made friends with the birds - Darcy and his wife. They told him a sad story. Recently, a pair of chicks fell out of the nest, and he was swallowed by a cruel Nag. The Mongoose did not know then that it was a big snake. A pair of cobras lived in a nest under the floor and constituted a great danger to people. On this day the first meeting of a small animal with cruel reptiles took place.

Then the snakes themselves crawl away from him. The next meeting with the deadly couple already acted more decisively little Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. The summary gradually approaches the most tense moment.

Scramble

Ricky ran to Chuchoundra (a musk rat who was scared of everything, but knew a lot) to ask her about the cobra. Talking with her, he heard the conversation between Nag and his wife Nagaina. They worked out a cunning plan. Nahaina told her husband that he should sting a man when he goes to wash. The insidious cobra explained what it's for. After all, the couple on the melon beds hid eggs, from which very soon the hatching should hatch. If Nag and Nagayna destroy people, they will become masters of the house, and then the mongoose, which is a danger to their children, will leave.

Nag agreed and crawled into the pitcher to sting the father of the family next morning. Followed by him and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. The summary will tell you about the decisive battles. The mongoose contrived and dug his snake's sharp teeth into the neck. Nag began to twist it. But Rikki did not let go of her grip. The mongoose began to struggle, but then a shot rang out. It came to the aid of a great man. He, his wife Alice and Teddy's son were very grateful to the little savior. The next morning he continued his exploits.

The decisive battle

Ricky persuaded the birds to pretend to be wounded before Nagayna. Then she will follow them and crawl to the right place, so that the mongoose will join her in the fight. But everything went not according to plan. First the wife of the bird Darcy, pretending to be wounded, dragged Nagaine behind her. But then she crawled to the veranda, where the family was having breakfast, and was about to bite Teddy.

In the meantime, on the melon bed, I already smothered almost all the snake embryos of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. The summary ends with the fact that, taking the last egg in his teeth, the mongoose ran to Nagaine and so distracted her attention from the boy. The snake asked the animal to give her the snake. But Ricky attacked her and won a decisive battle.

This is how the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ends. The brave mongoose saved people and animals from dangerous cobras.