Short Story Dec. 17: Kipling

Ally Nick
1 min readDec 20, 2015

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“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling

Quote of Note: “It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is ``Run and find out’’; and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.”

In lieu of a response, I gift you this video from National Geographic of a Mongoose being awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdg9gkmWsEA

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Ally Nick

English PhD. woodsy witch hermit. lover of french fries, handwritten letters, and waterfalls.