He was coming as the matador dropped it and ran away because he thought he was going to charge at him but Ferdinand just stopped and smelled it. The banderilleros and picadors were scared and hid, but the matador was scared stiff as Ferdinand noticed the bouquet. He was wondering what was he doing there. Then the moment came where Ferdinand came out. When he was bowing, a woman in the audience gave him a bouquet of flowers which landed in his hand. At the ring came out banderilleros, picadors, and finally, the matador who was being cheered on.

On posters, they called him Ferdinand the Fierce. There was a lot of excitement when the day of the bullfight came. The five men cheered as they took Ferdinand to Madrid. That made him go crazy and on a rampage, knocking the other bulls out and crashed into a tree, making it fall down. Just as Ferdinand was sitting, he accidentally sat on a bumblebee. When the bulls noticed them, they fought as rough as possible, hoping that they would get picked, but not Ferdinand who went back to smell the flowers. Then one day, five strange looking men were here to see the bulls. The other bulls wanted to accomplish one goal in life: to be in the bullfights in Madrid, Spain, but not Ferdinand. Over the years, Ferdinand grew and grew until he was as big as the tree.

Luckily, his mother was very understanding. He replied that all he wanted to do was to sit and smell the flowers. His mom asked him why he wasn't butting his head with the other bulls. Then one day his mother noticed that he wasn't playing with the other bulls. All he wanted to do was go under a shady tree and smell the flowers all day. There was only one bull who wasn't doing that, and that was Ferdinand. In the beginning, there are a lot of bulls, romping around together and butting their heads.

Ferdinand the bull story book