Will Ferdinand live up to his new name, Ferdinand the Fierce? Or will he stay true to himself and remain peaceful? The men mistake him for a fierce bull and take him to Madrid to fight a famous matador. On the day that five men come to the pasture to select a bull to fight in the bullring in Madrid, Ferdinand accidentally sits on a bee while sniffing flowers and sets off running furiously. Even when Ferdinand grows into the largest and strongest bull and all the other bulls dream of bullfights in Madrid, he still prefers to smell the flowers. Ferdinand would prefer to lay around smelling flowers than butting heads with the other calves. But the story’s message was so powerful that it even won the heart of the revered Mahatma Gandhi, who claimed it as his favorite book.Įveryone would assume that all bulls like to have bullfights. Published in 1936, a time of war, Ferdinand was banned in many countries due to its message of non-violence and peaceful coexistence. The Story of Ferdinand is a book everyone wants a “peace” of (pun intended)! It’s a poignant reminder that we can all find peace even amid chaos and conflict.
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