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How about crossin' the bridge and findin' him on the other side with a big bang-stick in his hand?" I shrugged my shoulders, though at heart I was not indifferent to the picture which Schuyler had conjured up. "Oh," said he, "what a damned mess! Come, we'll talk to Lucy." I went with him most unwillingly.
The news of Nag's death was all over the garden, for the sweeper had thrown the body on the rubbish-heap. "Oh, you stupid tuft of feathers!" said Rikki-tikki angrily. "Is this the time to sing?" "Nag is dead is dead is dead!" sang Darzee. "The valiant Rikki-tikki caught him by the head and held fast. The big man brought the bang-stick, and Nag fell in two pieces!
"Well, poison will make you sick awful sick. Then you'll die. I'm full of it; eat it every day for breakfast. It don't hurt white men, you see, but it kills black men quicker than the bang-stick." The chief listened to this statement carefully, but only understood it in part. After a moment's reflection he declared: "White man lie. Lie all time. Me eat plenty white man. Never get sick; never die."
The news of Nag's death was all over the garden, for the sweeper had thrown the body on the rubbish-heap. 'Oh, you stupid tuft of feathers! said Rikki-tikki angrily. 'Is this the time to sing? 'Nag is dead is dead is dead! sang Darzee. 'The valiant Rikki-tikki caught him by the head and held fast. The big man brought the bang-stick, and Nag fell in two pieces!
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