The Story of Ferdinand

宁灵

有一只小公牛，名叫费迪南。它的其他同伴跑跑跳跳，斗来斗去，都梦想成为最凶猛、最厉害的斗牛。费迪南却只喜欢坐在牧场外那棵最爱的大树下，闻一整天的花香。偶然间，它竟然被斗牛士选中了！它离开了农场，被送进大城市。斗牛大赛开始了！观众们翘首以盼，“凶猛之牛”费迪南出场了……故事将会怎样展开呢？

爱花的费迪南告诉我们：每一个人在这世上都是独一无二的，不需要别的任何条件，要勇敢地做自己！

Once upon a time， 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.

The cork tree was his favourite tree， and he would sit in its shade all day and smell the flowers.

As the years went by， Ferdinand grew and grew until he was very big and strong.

All the other bulls would fight each other all day.

What they wanted most of all was to be picked  to 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 to pick the biggest， fastest， roughest bull. All the other bulls ran around snorting and butting， leaping and jumping.

Ferdinand went out to his favourite cork tree to sit down.

He sat on a bumble bee！ The bee stung Ferdinand in no time.

Wow！ It did hurt！ Ferdinand jumped up with a snort.

He ran around puffing and snorting， as if he were crazy.

The five men all shouted with joy.

So they took him away for the bull fight day in a cart.

What a day！ They had a parade into the bull ring.

Here came the Matador（斗牛士）. He had a red cape and a sword.

Then came the bull， and you know who that was： Ferdinand.

Ferdinand ran to the middle of the ring  and everyone shouted and clapped.

But not Ferdinand.

When he saw the flowers in all the lovely ladieshair and he just sat down quietly and smelled.

He wouldnt fight and be

fierce no matter what they did.

He just sat and smelled.

The Matador was so mad.

So they had to take Ferdinand home.

黑白圖画依旧可以创造大精彩！这本经典图画书曾入选“史上最好看的100本儿童读物”，受到全世界大小读者的喜爱与欢迎。1938年，迪士尼把它改编成动画片，搬上荧幕。2017年，这个故事重新被改编成动画电影《公牛历险记》，美丽的画风，充满欢乐的场面，感人又治愈，将“做最真实的自己”这一励志主题传递给了更多的观众。