Mowgli tries to help Rikki Tikki Tavi the mongoose regain his strength and his confidence after a fight with the Groundhole Cobra.
Mowgli, Bagheera and Baloo visit Rikki Tikki Tavi's new den, but find him fighting a large cobra. Rikki Tikki not only hurts his paw but hurts his pride too. He should have been able to see off the cobra. Mowgli takes the mongoose off into the jungle to help him regain his strength, but all the mongoose does is manage to upset other jungle inhabitants with his aggressiveness.