“The Greatest Short Story of All-Time”

This is the motto of every true mongoose. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’s mother entrusted it to him as a young mongoose, knowing he would one day dance with death.

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Here is the legend of the great war that Rikki-Tikki fought single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow, through the melon gardens, atop the veranda, and down the rat hole.

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Now keep up! There is danger outside your doors, too. Will you run and hide? Or will you run with Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?