Why didn’t rikki-tiki-tavi destroy all of nagaina’seggs? he didn’t realize at first that one egg still remained he feels compassions for nagaina after killing her husband he wants to use one egg as leverage to draw nagaina to him. he knew they nagaina might try to attack teddy. what is the main conflict rikki tiki taco and nagaina fight to the death a great flood washes rikki tiki tavi out of his home nag bullies darzee in the garden rikki tiki tavi must keep teddy and his family safe and they are threatened by cobras living in the garden