Ferdinand doesn’t, but by accident, he sits on a bee and is stung. When some men come to the field to pick out bulls for the bull fight, the other bulls try to show off for the men. Although he was big and strong, he still preferred to just enjoy his flowers and his favorite tree. But, Ferdinand had no interesting in fighting of any kind. They thought that it would be exciting to be picked to participate in the fights. The young bulls who had always played rough together were fascinated by the bull fights held in Madrid.
As long as Ferdinand was happy, his mother was content to let him do what he wanted to do.Īs time went on, Ferdinand and all of the other young bulls grew up big and strong. She was afraid that he would be lonely, but Ferdinand told her that he just liked sitting under the tree and smelling flowers and that he didn’t want to play rough with the other young bulls. His mother sometimes worried about him, sitting all by himself under his favorite tree. While the other young bulls liked to run around and butt their heads together, Ferdinand preferred to simply enjoy the peaceful countryside and smell the flowers. He has been different from the other young bulls since he was a little calf. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, drawings by Robert Lawson, 1936.įerdinand is a young bull living in Spain.
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