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Rudyard Kipling1865–1936

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.

Rudyard Kipling on animals

The Jungle Book (1894), “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”

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