Nagaina's Pride: A Monologue Of Rikki-Tavi

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No one knows what happened that day when Rikki-Tikki-Tavi went down in that hole to fight Nagaina, well no one but me, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Just to be clear it’s not something I’m proud of at all. People think I’m a hero but honestly I’m not, but people believe what they want to believe whether it’s the truth or not. What really happened was this; As I plunged into Nagaina’s dark hole with my teeth clenched against her tale, my body scraping against the hard cold earth I came to a realization, I can't let her escape. I had thought I was an honorable mongoose, that I was honoring my new family, but I was doing quite the opposite I had done a ghastly thing. As I was saying, while being dragged in that hole I thought of a plan. I let go of Nagaina’s tail and rested on the cool earth by the entrance of the hole regaining my strength. I had thought she would’ve been slithering in circles trying to find and kill me. I later found that she wasn’t looking for me. She was in a corner crying.
“Oh My babies!! And...and Nag!!” :(
“You don’t have to keep crying …show more content…

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“Like I did to Nag?”
I jumped on her back and started biting as hard and fast as my little teeth could go. Nagaina screeched with agony. She hadn’t realized it but she had dropped her egg. I jumped up in the air and caught it.
“Oh, Rikki-Tikki please let my baby live I’ll do anything!”
“Never!”
“Oh please I beg of you.”
The next thing I did was despicable, I grabbed the egg and crushed it under my foot like it was nothing. Nagaina fell she was shocked her last egg seconds away from hatching had just been crushed. She sobbed and sobbed she couldn’t take it anymore she had lost everything, she was weak. I took this opportunity and jumped on her back biting and biting. She had done nothing but sob until she passed. I had done it, I had gotten rid of Nag and Nagaina I was hero. I was no hero I had done something horrible and was celebrated for

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