Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1894 short story in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (disambiguation).
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a short story in the 1894 short story collection The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling about adventures of a valiant young Indian grey mongoose.[1] It has often been anthologized and published several times as a short book. Book 5 of Panchatantra, an ancient Indian collection, includes the mongoose and snake story, an inspiration for the "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" story.