Rikki Tikki Tavi prefiguring the battle between the mongoose Rikki tikki tavi and Nag the king cobra. The struggle between the mongoose and snake is the central focus of the story and the poem, which foreshadows the conflict but only hints at its resolution and creates a sense of suspense and expectation before the story even begins. In the first paragraph the setting and the main characters are introduced Rikki tikki tavi who is established as the hero with the help of Darzee the tailor bird fights a battle in the garden of a bungalow in colonial India. Rikkis curious and energetic personality is also established. Rikki tikki tavi washed by a flood from his parents home into the garden of a bungalow lies unconscious in the garden path. Teddy