. The jungle book. HE CAME TO BREAKFASTRIDING ON TEDDYS SHOULDER. RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI 181 is a splendid hunting-ground, he said, and histail grew bottle-brushy at the thought of it, andhe scuttled up and down the garden, snuffinghere and there till he heard very sorrowful voicesin a WE ARE VERY MISERABLE, SAID DARZEE. It was Darzee, the tailor-bird, and his had made a beautiful nest by pulling twobig leaves together and stitching them up theedges with fibers, and had filled the hollow with 182 THE JUNGLE BOOK p. cotton and downy fluff. The nest swayed to andfro, as they sat
. The jungle book. HE CAME TO BREAKFASTRIDING ON TEDDYS SHOULDER. RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI 181 is a splendid hunting-ground, he said, and histail grew bottle-brushy at the thought of it, andhe scuttled up and down the garden, snuffinghere and there till he heard very sorrowful voicesin a WE ARE VERY MISERABLE, SAID DARZEE. It was Darzee, the tailor-bird, and his had made a beautiful nest by pulling twobig leaves together and stitching them up theedges with fibers, and had filled the hollow with 182 THE JUNGLE BOOK p. cotton and downy fluff. The nest swayed to andfro, as they sat on the rim and cried. What is the matter? asked Rikki-tikki. We are very miserable, said Darzee. Oneof our babies fell out of the nest yesterday andNag ate him. Hm! said Rikki-tikki, that is very sad—but I am a stranger here. Who is Nag? Darzee and his wife only cowered down in thenest without answering, for from the thick grassat the foot of the bush there came a low hiss — ahorrid cold sound that made Rikki-tikki jumpback two clear feet. Then inch by inch out ofthe grass rose up the head and spread hood ofNag, the big black cobra, and he was five feetlong- from tonprie to tail. When he had liftedone-third of himself clear of the ground, he stayedbalancing to and fro exactly as
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