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Did you know that mongooses can also be heroes, brave, and smart? Well, there were three evil snakes: Nag, his wife Nagaina, and their friend Karait. Then came a mongoose, very brave and smart, who killed all three wicked snakes one by one, and saved all his friends. His name was Rikki-Tikki. The big idea about this story was friendship and love, because Rikki-Tikki loved all his friends.
In the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” (see here to read this story)by Rudyard Kipling (see here to learn more about him), the author believes that love and friendship undoubtedly make you willing to fight and win victory for your friends. Teddy’s mother really appreciated Rikki-Tikki’s work, she “picked him up from the dust and hugged him, crying that he had saved Teddy from death.” (Kipling#4) Because of this victory, his friend Teddy and his parents loved Rikki-Tikki; also because he loved his friends, he was willing to fight for their lives, even if that means losing his own. Further along in the story, Rikki-Tikki became more powerful and beloved. Although Rikki-Tikki knows that Nagaina is worse than 5 Nags : “’Now I have Nagaina to settle with, and she will be worse than 5 Nags, and there’s no knowing when the eggs she spoke of will hatch”’ (Kipling#6), he still fought Nagaina and won. Rikki-Tikki killed Nagaina, and Teddy and his parents loved him even more because he saved all his friends’ lives, and became famous in the garden he and his friends lived in.
All in all, Rikki-Tikki was a very shrewd and courageous little creature who loved his friends and was willing to fight for them. I am sure he is not the only animal fellow who is like that, if you know more heroic and clever fellows, please tell me!