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771
"
H
'm
!
"
said
Rikki-tikki
,
"
that
is
very
sad
--
but
I
am
a
stranger
here
.
Who
is
Nag
?
"
772
Darzee
and
his
wife
only
cowered
down
in
the
nest
without
answering
,
for
from
the
thick
grass
at
the
foot
of
the
bush
there
came
a
low
hiss
--
a
horrid
cold
sound
that
made
Rikki-tikki
jump
back
two
clear
feet
.
773
Then
inch
by
inch
out
of
the
grass
rose
up
the
head
and
spread
hood
of
Nag
,
the
big
black
cobra
,
and
he
was
five
feet
long
from
tongue
to
tail
.
When
he
had
lifted
one-third
of
himself
clear
of
the
ground
,
he
stayed
balancing
to
and
fro
exactly
as
a
dandelion
tuft
balances
in
the
wind
,
and
he
looked
at
Rikki-tikki
with
the
wicked
snake
's
eyes
that
never
change
their
expression
,
whatever
the
snake
may
be
thinking
of
.
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774
"
Who
is
Nag
?
"
said
he
.
"
I
am
Nag
.
The
great
God
Brahm
put
his
mark
upon
all
our
people
,
when
the
first
cobra
spread
his
hood
to
keep
the
sun
off
Brahm
as
he
slept
.
Look
,
and
be
afraid
!
"
775
He
spread
out
his
hood
more
than
ever
,
and
Rikki-tikki
saw
the
spectacle-mark
on
the
back
of
it
that
looks
exactly
like
the
eye
part
of
a
hook-and-eye
fastening
.
He
was
afraid
for
the
minute
,
but
it
is
impossible
for
a
mongoose
to
stay
frightened
for
any
length
of
time
,
and
though
Rikki-tikki
had
never
met
a
live
cobra
before
,
his
mother
had
fed
him
on
dead
ones
,
and
he
knew
that
all
a
grown
mongoose
's
business
in
life
was
to
fight
and
eat
snakes
.
Nag
knew
that
too
and
,
at
the
bottom
of
his
cold
heart
,
he
was
afraid
.
776
"
Well
,
"
said
Rikki-tikki
,
and
his
tail
began
to
fluff
up
again
,
"
marks
or
no
marks
,
do
you
think
it
is
right
for
you
to
eat
fledglings
out
of
a
nest
?
"
777
Nag
was
thinking
to
himself
,
and
watching
the
least
little
movement
in
the
grass
behind
Rikki-tikki
.
He
knew
that
mongooses
in
the
garden
meant
death
sooner
or
later
for
him
and
his
family
,
but
he
wanted
to
get
Rikki-tikki
off
his
guard
.
So
he
dropped
his
head
a
little
,
and
put
it
on
one
side
.
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778
"
Let
us
talk
,
"
he
said
.
"
You
eat
eggs
.
Why
should
not
I
eat
birds
?
"
779
"
Behind
you
!
Look
behind
you
!
"
sang
Darzee
.
780
Rikki-tikki
knew
better
than
to
waste
time
in
staring
.
He
jumped
up
in
the
air
as
high
as
he
could
go
,
and
just
under
him
whizzed
by
the
head
of
Nagaina
,
Nag
's
wicked
wife
.
She
had
crept
up
behind
him
as
he
was
talking
,
to
make
an
end
of
him
.
He
heard
her
savage
hiss
as
the
stroke
missed
.
He
came
down
almost
across
her
back
,
and
if
he
had
been
an
old
mongoose
he
would
have
known
that
then
was
the
time
to
break
her
back
with
one
bite
;
but
he
was
afraid
of
the
terrible
lashing
return
stroke
of
the
cobra
.
He
bit
,
indeed
,
but
did
not
bite
long
enough
,
and
he
jumped
clear
of
the
whisking
tail
,
leaving
Nagaina
torn
and
angry
.