When is rikki tikki tough in the middle of the story?

I had to read the story of Rikki Tikki last year and I remember that a time he was tough near the middle of the story was when he fought Nagaina when she was wrapping herself around the boy, Teddy's, leg about to bite her, and he took her eggs.

Explanation:

giovanni battista pergolesi, italian baroque composer who wrote one of the most famous settings of the stabat mater. don lorenzo perosi, catholic priest and director of the sistine choir under five popes.