Rikki-Tikki saw the humans sat sone-still, and their faces were white. Nigaina was coiled near Teddy's bear leg; the cobra swayed to and fro singing a song of triumph.
"Son of the man that killed Nag," she hissed, "if you move I strike and if you do not move I strike." Rikki cried: "Turn, Nagaina; turn and fight!" "If you come a step nearer I strike," said she, without moving her eyes.
- Rudy and kipling's life
- Foreword
- Preface
- Mowgli's brothers
- Kaa's hunting
- "Tiger-tiger!"
- The white seal
- "Rikki-tikki-tavi"
- Toomai of the elephants
- Servants of the queen
- Afterword