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?
he explains that teddy's mother is .
he explains that rikki-tikki has saved the family.
he writes that the mongoose wakes quickly.
he writes that rikki-tikki feels pride and responsibility.