# Name of kids book... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-kids-book/153306 "2003-02-06T20:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-kids-book/153306/1 "2003-02-06T20:59:36Z")
Plot of the book: A Japanese (Chinese? pretty sure he’s oriental) kid falls down a well. His name is so painfully long that by the time the younger brother runs home to tell his parents about it and blurt out the name (in it’s entirety), the kid nearly drowns. What is the name of this book, and/or what is the kid’s name? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-kids-book/153306/2 "2003-02-06T21:28:09Z")
Rikki-tikki-timbo-no-sa-rimbo-pit-peri-boochi (something something) pimbo. Spelling is off, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-kids-book/153306/3 "2003-02-06T21:31:13Z")
This sounds like the story of[Tiki Tiki Tembo](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805023453/102-6551970-3277767?vi=glance). Or at least I think it does. ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-kids-book/153306/4 "2003-02-06T21:32:21Z")
\<\\> “Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo” is his full name. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-kids-book/153306/5 "2003-02-06T21:35:03Z")
[Here](http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/tikki.html) is an on-line version of the story, which gives the boy’s name as Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako. In this version, he drowned. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-kids-book/153306/6 "2003-02-06T21:40:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Realhoops \* > \*\*This sounds like the story of[Tiki Tiki Tembo](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805023453/102-6551970-3277767?vi=glance). Or at least I think it does. \*\* That’s the one. I was confusing his name with Rikki Tikki Tavi, the weasel or muskrat or whatever it is that ate the snakes. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-kids-book/153306/7 "2003-02-06T22:01:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*That’s the one. I was confusing his name with Rikki Tikki Tavi, the weasel or muskrat or whatever it is that ate the snakes. > > Thanks! \*\* [Rikki Tikki Tavi!](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0688143202/ref=pd_sbs_b_1/102-6551970-3277767?v=glance&s=books) I LOVED that story when I was a kid! He was a [mongoose](http://www.awf.org/wildlives/69).