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Which of the following best expresses the central ides of paragraph 337
If you read the old books of natural history, you will find they say that when the mongoose fights the snake and happens to get bitten, he runs off
and eets some herb that cures him. That is not true. The victory is only a matter of quickness of eye and quickness of foot-snake's blow against
mongoose's jump-and as no eye can follow the motion of a snake's head when it strikes, this makes things much more wonderful than any
magic herb Ridd-kid knew he was a young mongoose, and it made him all the more pleased to think that he had managed to escape a blow
from behind. It gave him confidence in himself, and when Teddy came running down the path, Rikki-Ekki was ready to be petted