Why Is Tikki Proud To Be Proud Of Himself

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In “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling” grew to be proud of himself but not too proud. Rikki Tikki should be proud of himself. He should be proud because he saved the lives of many animals and also humans lives. Like in page 16-15 when he saved Darzee and his wife and fledglings. On page 14-15 the darzee's say “one of our babies fell out of the nest yesterday and Nag ate him” He should also be proud of his family because they saved his life, like in page 13 where teddy and his family found him. In page 13 where the text states, “one day a high summer flood washed him out of his burrow where he lived with his father and mother”.Then teddy says, in page 13, “here’s a dead mongoose”. Then the family took him inside and found out that the mongoose

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