Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story in The Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling. It deals with an English family in India who discover a mongoose half drowned from a storm and decide to keep it. Rikki-tikki soon finds himself confronted by two murderous cobrae, Nag and Nagaina, who have plans to kill Rikki-tikki's new family and only the young mongoose can stop them.
The story is a favorite of Kipling fans and is notable for its frightening and serious tone. Some epic features (heightened prosaic style; songs to the hero) add to the standard typology of hero defeating villain. It has often been anthologised and has also been published more than once as a short book in its own right.
A short animated version first aired on CBS January 9, 1975 was directed by Chuck Jones and narrated by Orson Welles.
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References in culture
- Donovan wrote a song titled "Riki Tiki Tavi" on his album Open Road
- WikkiTikkiTavi is an open source wiki engine. [link]
- Paul Vaderlind, Richard Guy, and Loren Larson wrote a mathmatical book titled Inquisitive Problem Solver that references Rikki Tikki Tavi
- Popular webcomic Sluggy Freelance's character, "Kiki" the ferret, takes the pseudonim "Riki Kiki Taco" when she has delusions of being a heroine. http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=040325
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