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# "Darzee's Chaunt": Darzee the tailorbird sings this after Rikki-Tikki kills Nag the cobra, praising the mongoose for his heroic deed.
 
# "Darzee's Chaunt": Darzee the tailorbird sings this after Rikki-Tikki kills Nag the cobra, praising the mongoose for his heroic deed.
 
# "Toomai of the Elephants": Toomai, a ten-year-old boy who helps to tend working elephants, is told that he will never be a full-fledged elephant-handler until he has seen the elephants dance. This story has also been published as a short book.
 
# "Toomai of the Elephants": Toomai, a ten-year-old boy who helps to tend working elephants, is told that he will never be a full-fledged elephant-handler until he has seen the elephants dance. This story has also been published as a short book.
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# "Shiv and the Grasshopper": It is a song Toomai's mother sang to him as a baby. The song tells how the god Shiva provides sustenance for all creatures, and that this provision is not something to interfere with. It also shows how dear Toomai is to his mother, as her heart is Shiv's gift to sustain him.
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# "Shiv and the Grasshopper": It is a song Toomai's mother sang to him as a baby. The song tells how the god Shiv provides sustenance for all creatures, and that this provision is not something to interfere with. It also shows how dear Toomai is to his mother, as her heart is Shiv's gift to sustain him.
 
# "Her Majesty's Servants" (originally titled "Servants of the Queen"): On the night before a military parade, a British soldier eavesdrops on a conversation between the camp animals.
 
# "Her Majesty's Servants" (originally titled "Servants of the Queen"): On the night before a military parade, a British soldier eavesdrops on a conversation between the camp animals.
 
# "Parade-Song of the Camp Animals" parodies several well-known songs and poems
 
# "Parade-Song of the Camp Animals" parodies several well-known songs and poems
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