tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post331712515409718706..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Short Stories on Wednesdays - Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard KiplingNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-91908935610802437512011-11-25T19:11:43.758-05:002011-11-25T19:11:43.758-05:00Chris Cross, thanks so much for taking the time to...Chris Cross, thanks so much for taking the time to leave a note. I have so much Kipling I haven't yet read.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-37453021237035185042011-11-25T17:39:51.232-05:002011-11-25T17:39:51.232-05:00I loved this story as a child, and I love it just ...I loved this story as a child, and I love it just as much now, along with Jungle Book,the Just So Stories,Puck of Pook's Hill, and Rewards and Fairies- and they're all so much better for being read aloud.Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-16158963619527983092011-11-23T12:58:46.508-05:002011-11-23T12:58:46.508-05:00Such a great memory and story, Christy! I loved it...Such a great memory and story, Christy! I loved it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-82581693993775570222011-11-23T09:50:00.759-05:002011-11-23T09:50:00.759-05:00I loved this story when I was a kid! Our family ha...I loved this story when I was a kid! Our family had ferrets as pets and I often conflated ferrets with mongooses, so that made the story extra cool.Christyhttp://agoodstoppingpoint.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-27843776204163178362011-11-19T11:40:55.284-05:002011-11-19T11:40:55.284-05:00Barbara, there's more info about it under '...Barbara, there's more info about it under 'banner picture.' I expect there are people who still do this. Or both read.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49782465284332528412011-11-19T11:35:41.357-05:002011-11-19T11:35:41.357-05:00I like the header picture with the man reading alo...I like the header picture with the man reading aloud as his wife sews. Ah, the good old days before we sat in front of the TV all evening.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179027379034179865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-75455431154199907602011-11-18T17:07:24.099-05:002011-11-18T17:07:24.099-05:00Yvette, it's such a great story!
HKatz, would...Yvette, it's such a great story!<br /><br />HKatz, wouldn't you love to have that book, now. I shall be over to read your short stories. That's a lot to read in a week!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-44543417328185902012011-11-18T15:31:34.160-05:002011-11-18T15:31:34.160-05:00I decided to read the story aloud
I can't rem...<i>I decided to read the story aloud</i><br /><br />I can't remember the last time I did this when I was reading on my own. You're right, for certain stories it works especially well.<br /><br />And like for other people here, you've also stirred up childhood memories for me with this one :) If I remember right, I read this story in an old book that included the Jungle Book too. Great review!<br /><br />This week I posted on two batches of short stories: one from three U.S. authors, and another batch of four Latin American authors.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-62592071801550306742011-11-18T15:03:43.064-05:002011-11-18T15:03:43.064-05:00I love this story! Thanks for reminding me of it, ...I love this story! Thanks for reminding me of it, Nan. I am going to get it for my granddaughter to read to her when she's a bit older. :)<br /><br />This was also a wonderful animated feature on television years ago.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-78631314677932566412011-11-18T10:26:47.220-05:002011-11-18T10:26:47.220-05:00Mel U, I have a feeling that Kipling is coming bac...Mel U, I have a feeling that Kipling is coming back into favor. It's just a feeling but I think it's true. I think we have to stop judging the past by the present. It's like not reading Wodehouse or Christie because they make racial slurs. That's how it was. Same thing when it's against women. I have two books I hope to read next year - one is Women of the Raj by Margaret MacMillan and the other is Kipling Sahib by Charles Allen. If you are interested in this whole time and place, as I am, there are three excellent, amazing autobiographies by M.M. Kaye. <br /><br />Val, thanks for info on more by Kipling. I shall look into the site.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-46523910434526110322011-11-17T20:24:56.164-05:002011-11-17T20:24:56.164-05:00Inviting review so I've just downloaded this f...Inviting review so I've just downloaded this from Gutenburg... Thanks Nan!!!! I haven't read that one!<br /><br />(I've also downloaded <br />The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling which contains the short story "the Maltese Cat" about a polo pony..which if my memory serves me is a good read)Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49766742544564677792011-11-17T19:05:11.087-05:002011-11-17T19:05:11.087-05:00Kipling is in the popular mind the anti-Poster boy...Kipling is in the popular mind the anti-Poster boy of post colonial literature-I recently read a short story by Kipling about the relationship of an Englishman in India in the time of the Bristish Raj to an Indian woman "Without Benefit of Clergy" that made me see that Kipling is much more than a simple minded colonial writer we have come to see him as-anyone who dismisses Kipling really should read that story<br /><br />I enjoyed your excellent post a lot-I have posted on some of his animal storiesMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-11912330420908525142011-11-17T13:24:10.502-05:002011-11-17T13:24:10.502-05:00I don't know how I missed it, Pages of Julia, ...I don't know how I missed it, Pages of Julia, as a kid, or why I never read it to my kids. But there it is. I'm just happy to have read it now!<br /><br />Kay, I don't remember it on tv. I will look up RK's house. I have a biography of him waiting on my shelf, too.<br /><br />Cait, I'm so pleased.<br /><br />Good for that teacher, Staci! <br /><br />Margaret, it is great fun to say!<br /><br />CHE, lucky you! <br /><br />Penny, and then there is the kids' book with a name that begins 'ticki ticki tembo no sa rembo' - I ought to write about that one sometime. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-68091880800598150352011-11-17T10:15:48.567-05:002011-11-17T10:15:48.567-05:00I haven't read from The Jungle Book in ever-so...I haven't read from The Jungle Book in ever-so-long. How wonderful to be reminded of it and of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and of Kipling's genius. As a child, I used to like to keep saying Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, loving the way it rolled around my tongue. Ha! I'll probably be saying it in my mind all day today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-14286399446856646342011-11-17T04:25:46.675-05:002011-11-17T04:25:46.675-05:00I have a beautifully illustrated edition of the Ju...I have a beautifully illustrated edition of the Jungle Book that I found at a second's sale last month. I'm waiting for my son to grow a little bigger but I realize there's nothing to stop me from enjoying it :)I'll definitely give it a read now.CHEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634088152624853449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-13486922628130891022011-11-17T02:16:37.045-05:002011-11-17T02:16:37.045-05:00Thanks for reminding me of this story, Nan. I read...Thanks for reminding me of this story, Nan. I read it when I was at school and loved saying the name - Rikki Tikki Tavi. I'll have to read it again.Margaret @ BooksPleasehttp://www.booksplease.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-48425902012236857302011-11-16T18:24:54.499-05:002011-11-16T18:24:54.499-05:00I believe I was in 3rd grade when our teacher read...I believe I was in 3rd grade when our teacher read this story and then we watched the cartoon movie of the book. I fell in love with Riki-tiki-tavi....great short story!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-89657357423895190502011-11-16T18:18:08.726-05:002011-11-16T18:18:08.726-05:00This one took me back to my childhood - thanks for...This one took me back to my childhood - thanks for posting.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-3919882346273923362011-11-16T17:02:48.875-05:002011-11-16T17:02:48.875-05:00Nan,
By all means, read this story aloud! Do you r...Nan,<br />By all means, read this story aloud! Do you remember this from TV and it was narrated by Orson Welles? Wonderful story. Rudyard Kipling's home in England is called Bateman's. Look it up when you get a chance!Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-16233288273010057132011-11-16T16:49:28.784-05:002011-11-16T16:49:28.784-05:00Thank you for bringing this story back to me! I re...Thank you for bringing this story back to me! I remember loving it as a child. I wanted my own mongoose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com