Story Of Ferdinand By Munro Leaf Analysis

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In the children’s story, “The Story of Ferdinand”, by Munro Leaf, it encourages us to stay true to ourselves like Ferdinand. To begin, there was a young bull who lived in a pasture in Spain with his mother and many other bulls. Every day, the bulls ran and played with each other. Ferdinand, on the other hand, sat calmly and quietly under a cork tree and smelled the flowers. One day, his worried mother goes to Ferdinand and questions him about why he is not like the others. He simply replies that he is happy and she leaves. Gradually, the bulls grow up and continued to fight all day. The reason for their rough play is that they wanted to get picked for the bullfights in Madrid. Then, five men showed up at their meadow to choose the best bull.

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