| A | B |
| "One of our babies fell out of the nest yesterday and Nag ate him." | Darzee |
| "Who is Nag?" | Rikki-tikki-tavi |
| "Look, and be afraid!" | Nag |
| "Be careful. I am death!" | Karait |
| "Those who kill snakes get killed by snakes." | Chuchundra |
| I have never had spirit enough to run out into the middle of the room." | Chuchundra |
| "So long as the bungalow is empty, we are king and queen of the garden." | Nagaina |
| "Now, if I kill him here, Nagiana will know; and if I fight him on the open floor, the odds are in his favor." | Rikki-tikki-tavi |
| "Now, when Karait was killed, the big man had a stick. He may have that stick still, but when he comes in to bathe in the morning he will not have a stick." | Nag |
| "If I don't break his back at the first jump he can still fight; and if he fights--O Rikki!" | Rikki-tikki-tavi |
| "Nag is dead---is dead--is dead. 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!" | Darzee |
| "What is it, O Killer of the terrible Nag?" | Darzee |
| "You warned Rikki-tikki when I would have killed him. Indeed and truly, you've chosen a bad place to be lame in." | Nagaina |
| My husband lies on the rubbish-heap this morning, but before night the boy in the house will lie very still." | Nagaina |
| "If you move I strike, and if you do not move I strike. Oh, foolish people, who killed my Nag!" | Nagaina |
| "Turn round, Nagaina; turn and fight!" | Rikki-tikki-tavi |
| "Come and fight with me. You shall not be a widow long." | Rikki-tikki-tavi |
| "It is all over with Rikki-tikki! We must sing his death song. Valiant Rikki-tikki is dead!" | Darzee |
| "It is all over. The widow will never come out again." | Rikki-tikki-tavi |