Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Joseph Rudyard Kipling

When Nagaina is about to bite Teddy, Rikki-tikki is able to distract her by telling her there is only one egg left

for he made sure he would be banged to death, and, for the honour of his family, he preferred to be found with his teeth locked.”

Acting courageously in the face of danger leads to rewards