Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

I first encountered this story as a child, as an animated film on television. It became my favorite story, with the cadence of the narration and the wonderful animation bringing the story to life. I used to watch it every year, just like the Christmas specials and The Wizard of Oz. I've even seen it a few times as an adult, each time reliving a little piece of my childhood.When I saw this book recently, on a list of free books, I grabbed it up so I could carry this little piece around with me all the time. I was kind of afraid to actually read the story, because so often these days books and their movies don't have much in common. However, this is word for word the animated story I have enjoyed so many times; or should I say the animated film is just like the book. The language is lyrical, and there is a rhythm to the story that reinforces this quality. If I had a child, since they don't show the film any more, this would be a regular on the bedtime story list, and not just for the language. The themes of making the best of what happens to you in life, and of protecting your family, are woven throughout this story, as well as using common sense when planning anything you have to do. I'm going to grab The Jungle Book next!

Clear cut and wonderful - humor, adventure and drama.

This classic tale, featured originally in The Jungle Book, tells of the brave battle of Rikki-Tikki the mongoose against the deadly cobras, Nag and Nagaina. Rikki-Tikki is swept away from his family by a flood and finds himself a most welcome guest of a human family.I remember reading this once in school, though I can't remember exactly when, and I was happy to come across it for free on Amazon. It's actually quite an exciting tale, though perhaps a little scary. The snakes, Nag and Nagaina, are sinister and plot the death of the entire family in the big house, hoping that Rikki-Tikki would then move on. But luckily their plot is discovered, and the mongoose defends his adoptive family with every fiber of his being.The characters are varied and are each entertaining in their own right. I love the idiotic Tailorbird, Danzee. He weeps, sings, and celebrates in turn, without any regard to consequence, mostly because of his short attention span. The little fearful musk-rat, who runs along the walls, but never to the center of the room, is also amusing. His role as informant is important to winning the battle, but mostly because he's afraid he'll be mistaken for the mongoose.But mostly, I love Rikki-Tikki himself. Too curious to be afraid and fiercely protective of the young family and the creatures of the yard, he is an admirable hero. Brave and funny, and believable, too. When he's not busy saving the day, he scampers around on the breakfast table, perches on the little boy's shoulder, and otherwise endears himself to both the family and the reader.I also like the poem at the beginning and Danzee's song at the end, cut short because Danzee himself was interupted in the singing by Rikki-Tikki.Overall, a short, but powerful story of triumph, bravery, and danger. I recommend this one to anyone who likes rooting for the underdog and those who enjoy animal characters.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling is a 34-page short story about a young mongoose which is found in the 1894 anthology called The Jungle Book, but is now found in Kindle for free. Children will love this charming story. Mongooses are known for killing snakes, including cobras and eating them. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is the war cry of the young mongoose as he fights snakes.In this tale, the mongoose is saved by a white English family of a father, mother, and young boy. The story is about how he saves the family on a couple of occasions from snakes and how he battles three snakes, including a husband and wife cobra and their 25 eggs that are about to hatch.

This is a wonderful book!! Kipling is the best at making his stories real!! Can’t wait to read another title of his!!!!!!!!!

Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book stories are timeless and in this standalone booklet, first published in 1894, featuring the lovable, adorable, but tough and tenacious mongoose or meercat, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Kipling’s eye for capturing the characters of the animals and people who feature is simply genius and beautiful. The short exciting story describes the little moongoose’s battle with the cobra Nag and his wife, Nagaina in the garden and house of little Teddy, Teddy’s mother and English father. This short story and the entire book can be downloaded on Amazon, so enjoy an enduring classic. Your children will love the stories too.

The story is very nice. It keeps the kids quiet in the car while they are listening and they have asked to listen to it several times. The only problem is that with the volume up to max it is still hard to hear at times. Even when we listened to it at home, still the volume has to be at max level. The music parts come in very loudly though so be prepared to turn it down for those parts!If it weren't so hard to hear the dialogue I'd give it five stars. This seams to be a problem with Naxos audio CDs because it is the same problem with other audio CDs from Naxos.

I've read this book to my 7yo and I think I got more hooked than her - initially. But as the days passed, as a sleep time story, she really had to know the end. And it was just awesome, bonding moment. Great from beginning to end!

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This is a timeless story that will capture your heart. Wonderful artwork.

The characters are very interesting. It was fun reading the book as I liked the relationship between a mongoose and a human family.The story is also well written.The story was very engaging and interesting .The fight between the snakes and rikki tikki tavi at night was the most thrilling of all. It is a must read for all animal lovers.

È stato uno dei libri che, da bambina, mi ha avvicinato e fatto amare la lettura. Per questo lo consiglio se volete invogliare i vostri figli alla lettura. Un’avventura meravigliosa

In Rikki-Tikki-Tavi you can imagine all the details of the story for yourself. Everyone can see the story in the house they think fits best. The garden is perfect for each reader and the characters are exactly as they should be. I imagined the boy's bed as a bunk bed for instance.The plot is everything and the background is whatever suits each reader. The story is so exciting that I always wanted to know what happened next and I could see the action clearly because the description is so perfect.I loved this book, it was written more than 100 years before I was born and I was right there with Rikki-Tikki-Tavi killing the snake.Daddy read this to me and I insisted on dictating a review.