The Story Of Ferdinand
This is the story of ferdinand for kids. Once upon a time in Spain, there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. All the other little bulls he lived with would run and jump and butt their heads together, but not Ferdinand. He liked to sit just quietly and smell the flowers. He had a favorite spot out in the pasture under a cork tree. It was his favorite tree and he would sit in its shade all day and smell the flowers.
Sometimes his mother, who was a cow would worry about him. She was afraid he would be lonesome all by himself. “Why don’t you run and play with the other little bulls and skip the butt your head?” she would say. Ferdinand would shake his head and say, “I like it better here where I can sit just quietly and smell the flowers!”. You may also like, The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny.
the story of ferdinand
Image Source–> simple-movie.com. His mother saw that he was not lonesome and because she was an understanding mother, even though she was a cow, she let him just sit there and be happy. As the years went by, Ferdinand grew and grew until he was very big and strong. All the other bulls who had grown u. p with him in the same pasture would fight each other all day. They would butt each other and stick each other with their horns. What they wanted most of all was to be picked up the fight at the bull fights in Madrid. But not Ferdinand he still liked to sit just quietly under the cork tree and smell the flowers.
One day, five men came in very funny hats to pick the biggest, fastest, roughest bull to fight in the bull fights in Madrid. All the other bulls ran around snorting and butting, leaping and jumping so the men would think that they were very, very strong and fierce and pick them. Ferdinand knew that they wouldn’t pick him and he didn’t care. So he went out to his favorite cork tree to sit down. He didn’t look where he was sitting and instead of sitting on the nice cool grass in the shade he sat on a bumble bee.
Well, if you were a bumble bee and a bull sit on you what would you do? You would sting him and that’s just what this bee did to Ferdinand. Wow! Did it hurt! Ferdinand jumped up with a snort. He ran around puffing and snorting, butting and pawing the ground as if he was crazy.
The five men saw him and they all shouted with joy. Here was the largest and fiercest bull of all. Just the one for the bull fights in Madrid! So they took him away for the bull fight day in a cart. What a day it was! Flogs were flying, bands were playing, and all the lovely ladies had flowers in their hair.
They had a parade into the bull ring. First came the Banderilleros with long, sharp pins with ribbons on them to stick in the bull and made him mad. Next came the Picadores who rode skinny horses and they had long spears to stick in the bull and make him madder. Then came the Matador, the proudest of all, he thought he was very handsome, and bowed to the ladies. He had a red cape and a sword and was supposed to stick the bull last of all. Then came the bull, and you know who that was, don’t you. It was FERDINAND.
They called him “Ferdinand – The Fierce” and all the Banderilleros were afraid of him and the Picadores were afraid of him and the Matador was scared sniff. Ferdinand ran to the middle of the ring and everyone shouted and clapped because they thought he was going to fight fiercely and butt and snort and stick his horns around.
But not Ferdinand. When he got to the middle of the ring, he saw the flowers in all the lovely ladies’ hair and he just sat down quietly and smelled. He wouldn’t fight and be fierce no matter what they did. He just sat and smelled. The Banderilleros were mad and the Picadores were madder and the Matador was so mad that he cried because he couldn’t show off with his cape and sword.
So, they had to take Ferdinand home. And for all I know, he is sitting there still, under his favorite cork tree, smelling the flowers just quietly. He is very happy. Also read, Goldilocks and Three Bears.
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