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Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi."
"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 all 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.
How does the author use personification in this excerpt?
O He explains that Teddy's mother is pleased.
He explains that Rikki-tikki has saved the family.
O He writes that the mongoose wakes quickly.
O He writes that Rikki-tikki feels pride and responsibility.
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Answer 1

He writes that Rikki-tikki feels pride and responsibility.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to this excerpt from "Rikki-tikki-Tavi", the story of a mongoose who protects a garden from snakes is told. The mongoose Rikki feels pride after he successfully defends the garden from a dangerous snake.

The author uses personification in this excerpt when he writes that Rikki-tikki feels pride and responsibility.

Personification is giving inanimate objects and animals human feelings, and in this case, a mongoose is said to feel pride.