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Step-by-step explanation:
Rikki Tikki Tavi was written by Rudyard Kipling and was included in an anthology of short stories (The Jungle Book) published in 1894.
It is surprising to me that a Mongoose can take on a Cobra and win when the Cobra is much bigger and very much deadlier and very quick when it strikes. I guess a mongoose can read the snakes intentions.