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09-rikki-tikki-tavi-第4部分
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kill him underground。〃
So he sang a very mournful song that he made up on the spur of
the minute; and just as he got to the most touching part; the
grass quivered again; and Rikki…tikki; covered with dirt; dragged
himself out of the hole leg by leg; licking his whiskers。 Darzee
stopped with a little shout。 Rikki…tikki shook some of the dust
out of his fur and sneezed。 〃It is all over;〃 he said。 〃The
widow will never come out again。〃 And the red ants that live
between the grass stems heard him; and began to troop down one
after another to see if he had spoken the truth。
Rikki…tikki curled himself up in the grass and slept where he
wasslept and slept till it was late in the afternoon; for he
had done a hard day's work。
〃Now;〃 he said; when he awoke; 〃I will go back to the house。
Tell the Coppersmith; Darzee; and he will tell the garden that
Nagaina is dead。〃
The Coppersmith is a bird who makes a noise exactly like the
beating of a little hammer on a copper pot; and the reason he is
always making it is because he is the town crier to every Indian
garden; and tells all the news to everybody who cares to listen。
As Rikki…tikki went up the path; he heard his 〃attention〃 notes
like a tiny dinner gong; and then the steady 〃Ding…dong…tock! Nag
is deaddong! Nagaina is dead! Ding…dong…tock!〃 That set all
the birds in the garden singing; and the frogs croaking; for Nag
and Nagaina used to eat frogs as well as little birds。
When Rikki got to the house; Teddy and Teddy's mother (she
looked very white still; for she had been fainting) and Teddy's
father came out and almost cried over him; and that night he ate
all that was given him till he could eat no more; and went to bed
on Teddy's shoulder; where Teddy's mother saw him when she came to
look late at night。
〃He saved our lives and Teddy's life;〃 she said to her
husband。 〃Just think; he saved all our lives。〃
Rikki…tikki woke up with a jump; for the mongooses are light
sleepers。
〃Oh; it's you;〃 said he。 〃What are you bothering for? All
the cobras are dead。 And if they weren't; I'm here。〃
Rikki…tikki had a right to be proud of himself。 But he did
not grow too proud; and he kept that garden as a mongoose should
keep it; with tooth and jump and spring and bite; till never a
cobra dared show its head inside the walls。
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