He spent all that day roaming over the house. He nearly drowned himself in the bathtubs, put his nose into the ink on a writing table, and burnt it on the end of the big man’s cigar, for he climbed up in the big man’s lap to see how writing was done. At nightfall he ran into Teddy’s nursery to watch how kerosene lamps were lighted, and when Teddy went to bed, Rikki-tikki climbed up too; but he was a restless companion, because he had to get up and attend to every noise all through the night and find out what made it. Teddy’s mother and father came in, the last thing, to look at their boy, and Rikki-tikki was awake on the pillow. “I don’t like that,” said Teddy’s mother; “he may bite the child.” The theme of the fiction story Rikki-Tikki-tavi …show more content…
Rikki-tikki felt his eyes growing red and hot, and he sat back on his tail and hind legs like a little kangaroo, and looked all round him, and chattered with rage. But Nag and Nagaina had disappeared into the grass. (Para #31) Rikki-tikki was getting really mad because the text said when a mongoose has its eyes turn red it is really mad. Rikki-tikki is upset because Nag and Nagaina got away. Rikki-tikki tingled all over with rage and hatred at this, and then Nag’s head came through the sluice, and his five feet of cold body followed it. Angry as he was, Rikki-tikki was very frightened as he saw the size of the big cobra. Nag coiled himself up, raised his head, and looked into the bathroom in the dark, and Rikki could see his eyes glitter. (para #52) Rikki-tikki is scared when he is in the bathtub. Rikki-tikki can see Nag in the bathroom while he is in the bathtub. Rikki-tikki is willing to do whatever it takes and will …show more content…
Nagaina lifted up her head and hissed, “You warned Rikki-tikki when I would have killed him. Indeed and truly, you’ve chosen a bad place to be lame in.” And she moved toward Darzee’s wife, slipping along over the dust. Nagaina is mad and said that she warned Rikki-tikki. She started moving forward toward Darzee’s wife. Nagaina spun clear round, forgetting everything for the sake of the one egg; and Rikki-tikki saw Teddy’s father shoot out a big hand, catch Teddy by the shoulder, and drag him across the little table with the teacups, safe and out of reach of Nagaina. Nagaina is circling her egg while Rikki-tikki is on the other side. Rikki-tikki is trying to kill Nagaina and Nagaina is putting up a fight. Nagaina is an evil snake that is trying to kill Rikki-tikki while Rikki-tikki is trying to kill