There was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. Ferdinand is then taken back to his pasture, where to this day, he is still smelling flowers.The Story of Ferdinand By Munro Leaf Illustrated by Robert Lawson The Banderilleros were mad, the Picadores were madder, and the matador was so especially mad that he started crying because he could not show off with his cape and sword. However, when Ferdinand is led into the ring, he is delighted by the flowers in the ladies' hair and lies down in the middle of the ring to enjoy them, upsetting and disappointing everyone. Mistaking Ferdinand for a mad and aggressive bull, the men rename him "Ferdinand the Fierce" and take him away to Madrid.Īll the beautiful ladies of Madrid turn out to see the handsome matador fight "Ferdinand the Fierce". Upon getting stung as a result, he runs wildly across the field, snorting and stamping. Ferdinand is again on his own, sniffing flowers, when he accidentally sits on a bumblebee. One day, five men come to the pasture to choose a bull for the fights. All the other bulls dream of being chosen to compete in the bullfight in Madrid, but Ferdinand still prefers smelling the flowers instead. When the calves grow up, Ferdinand turns out to be the largest and strongest of the young bulls. His mother is concerned that he might be lonely and tries to persuade him to play with the other calves, but when she sees that Ferdinand is content as he is, she leaves him alone. Young Ferdinand does not enjoy butting heads with other young bulls, preferring instead to lie under a cork tree smelling the flowers. He sits in the middle of the bull ring failing to take heed of any of the provocations of the matador and others to fight. The children's book tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights. The Story of Ferdinand (originally 1936) is the best known work written by American author Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson. 1936 copyright 5th printing,1967 softbound book illustrated by Robert Lawson Scholastic Book Services publishers, New York book in very good condition with unmarked pages and minimal fox ageing.
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