The Strange Story Of Ferdinand

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 27, 16 December 1938, Page 18

The Strange Story Of Ferdinand

f"Ferdinand the Bull.’ R.K.0.Radio. Wait Disney colour cartoon. Release date: Watch for it.J HIS is the story of Ferdinand the Bull. He started life as a little bull calf in far-away Spain, but he was not like the other little Spanish bull calves, who frisked in the meadows and butted their heads together (clink). No, Ferdinand used to sit under a cork tree, and think beautiful thoughts and smeli the pretty flowers (big long sniff). And when he grew up and was 2 fine big bull, he mever tried to impress the matadors and picadors and toreadors that came out from Madrid to select the fiercest bulls for the bull-ring. No, Ferdinand still liked to sit under the cork tree and think beautiful thoughts and smell the pretty flowers (big long sniit). But one day Ferdinand was cruelly stung in the haunch by 2 bad-

tempered bumble bee, and he made such a scene that the matadors and picadors and toreadors who were watching, said, "Bravo, Ferdinand, you are just the sort of bull we want in our buil-ring." So Ferdinand was taken to Madrid, and the day of the bullfight all the best people of Madrid eame to see him, and the proudest toreador in all Madrid was also there to do baitle with Ferdinand. Now, Ferdinand was very frightened at all this, but it happened that a beautiful senorita had thrown a garland of flowers to the toreador, and when Ferdinand saw the flowers he thourht "Ah, here is a nice man," and instead of doing battle with the toreador, he took the garland away from him and sat down in the bull-ring and smelled the beautiful flowers (several big, long sniifs). The toreador broke his sword over his knee and wept, but there was nothing they could do about it, and eventually they took Ferdinand back to his cork tree, and there he

still sits, thinking beautiful thoughts and smelling the pretty fiewers (big, long sniff). And if you don’t enjoy Walt Disney’s colour cartoon about Ferdinand, the aesthetic bull, you shouid go and have your sense of humour attended to.