Michael Dirda - Because of Kipling, I've sometimes wondered about keeping a mongoose about the h...

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Because of Kipling, I've sometimes wondered about keeping a mongoose about the house. But given the cobra population in Silver Spring, Maryland - zero, when last I checked - we hardly need a Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

Michael Dirda

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Wegen Kipling habe ich mich manchmal gefragt, ob ich einen Mungo im Haus halten könnte. Aber angesichts der Kobra-Population in Silver Spring, Maryland - Null, als ich zuletzt nachgesehen habe - brauchen wir kaum einen Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

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