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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling is the story of a brave young mongoose who keeps a human family and a number of animal friends safe from the vicious, murderous cobras who slither through the garden.
Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling Personification Frayer Model
Storyboard Text
Rikki Tikki Tavi
Nag and Nagaina
"Angry as he was, Rikki-tikki was very frightened as he saw the size of the big cobra." Kipling describes his emotions like a human.
Chuchundra
PERSONIFICATION
"When the house is emptied of people," said Nagina to her husband... Marriage is a human institution. Animals do not actually get married.
Darzee & His Wife
"Chuchundra sat down and cried till the tears rolled off his whiskers." Humans cry for emotional reasons; animals do not.
"We are very miserable," said Darzee. "Our babies fell out of the nest yesterday." Darzee and his wife understand the causes of their feelings in a way most animals do not.