Answer:
What did rikki-tikki-tavi refrain from doing after he killed karait? Why?
- Rikki-tikki refrains from eating the dead Karait, knowing that eating too much will make him slow, and instead he takes a dust bath in the bushes while Teddy’s father continues to beat the hatchling’s body. Rikki-tikki is perplexed by the action, since the baby snake is already dead, and he finds all the fuss amusing.
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Rikki-tikki refrains from eating the dead Karait.
Explain
Knowing that eating too much will make him slow he eats the dead Karait, and instead he takes a dust bath in the bushes while Teddy’s father continues to beat the hatchling’s body. Rikki-tikki is perplexed by the action, since the baby snake is already dead, and he finds all the fuss amusing.