The Story of Ferdinand

By Munro Leaf

Illustrated by Robert Lawson

iQjMhuSaM dh dgkuh

ys[kd% eujks yhiQ Anuvad % muhammd JubWr

fp=kkadu% fjpMZ ykSlu

    : 

:  : 

1

Once upon a time in Spain

cgqr le; igys dh ckr gSA        ۔  

2

There was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. Lisu esa ,d NksVk cSy jgrk FkkA

mldk uke iQjMhuSaM FkkA       ۔         

۔

3

All the other little bulls he lived with would run and jump and butt their heads together,

ftu cSyksa ds lkFk oks jgrk Fkk

os lHkh nkSM+rs

dwnrs vkSj ,d&nwljs ds

eRFks&ls&eRFkk yM+krs FksA

                             

۔     

4

but not Ferdinand.

ijarq iQjMhuSaM ,slk dHkh ugha

djrk FkkA   ۔         

5

He liked to sit just quietly and smell the flowers.

mls pqipki cSBdj iQwyksa dh

[kq'kcw lwa?kuk gh vPNk yxrk FkkA                   

۔    

6

He had a favorite spot out in the pasture under the cork tree.

mls ,d txg cgqr ilan FkhA

oks txg ?kkl ds eSnku esa dkdZ ds

isM+ ds uhps FkhA

۔                    

۔            

7

It was his favorite tree and he would sit in its shade all day and smell the flowers.

oks mldk lcls fiz; isM+ FkkA oks lkjs

fnu isM+ dh Nkao

esa cSBdj mlds iQwyksa dh [kq'kcw lwa?kk

djrk FkkA

  ۔                     

                ۔  

8

Sometimes his mother, who was a cow, would worry about him. She was afraid he would be lonesome all by himself.

mldh eka ,d xk; FkhA dHkh&dHkh

eka mlds ckjs esa fpark djrh FkhA

mls Mj Fkk fd vdsysiu ds dkj.k

dgha iQjMhuSaM mnkl u gks tk;sA

    ۔           ۔                

                ۔        

9

“Why don’t you run and play with the other bulls and skip and butt

Your head?” she would say. But Ferdinand would shake his head.

“I like it better here where I can sit quietly and smell the flowers.”

^rqe nwljs cSyksa ds lkFk nkSM+rs vkSj

[ksyrs D;ksa ugha gks\

rqe vkSjksa ds lkFk lhax D;ksa ugha yM+krs

gks\* oks iwNrhaA

ijarq iQjMhuSaM mRrj esa cl viuk flj

fgyk nsrk vkSj dgrk]

^eq>s cl ;gha ij vkjke ls cSBuk vkSj

iQwyksa dh [kq'kcw lwa?kuk vPNk yxrk gSA*

؟                   ۔   ؟              

۔                 '                     

۔     

10

His mother saw that he was not lonesome, and because she was an understanding mother,

even though she was a cow, she let him just sit there and be happy.

mldh eka oSls ,d lk/kj.k xk; FkhA ijarq Fkh

oks cgqr le>nkjA

oks ges'kk bl ckr dk è;ku j[krh fd

iQjMhuSaM mnkl u gksA

oks mls isM+ ds uhps vdsys cSBs jgus nsrh FkhA

de&ls&de oks ogka [kq'k rks FkkA

  ۔               ۔      

                ۔    

               ۔              ۔   

11

As the years went by Ferdinand grew and grew

until he was very big and strong. /hjs&/hjs lky xqtjrs x;sA

iQjMhuSaM ,dne cM+k vkSj

rkdroj cu x;kA

۔           ۔            

12

All the other bulls who had grown up with him in the same pasture would fight each other all day. They would butt each other and stick each other with their horns. What they wanted most of all was to be picked to fight at the bull fights in Madrid. ckdh cSy tks mlds lkFk ?kkl

ds eSnku esa cM+s gq;s Fks]

os fnu Hkj ,d&nwljs ds lkFk

yM+rs jgrs FksA os eRFks&ls&eRFkk

yM+krs vkSj ,d&nwljs dks vius

iSus lha?k pqHkkrsA

mu lc dh cl ,d gh reUuk

Fkh &

fd dksbZ mUgsa Lisu dh jkt/kuh

eSMfjM esa cSyksa dh yM+kbZ ds

fy;s pqu ysA

                 ،      

                       ۔  

             ۔

،                         

              ۔

13

But not Ferdinand - he still liked to sit just quietly under the cork tree and smell the flowers.

ijarq iQjMhuSaM dh yM+kbZ esa dksbZ

fnypLih ugha FkhA

mls dsoy dkdZ ds isM+ ds uhps

cSB dj

mlds iQwyksa dh [kq'kcw lwa?kuk gh

vPNk yxrk FkkA

             ۔

                              

۔  

14

One day five men came in very funny hats to pick the biggest,

fastest, roughest bull to fight in the bull fights in Madrid. ,d fnu vthcks&xjhc Vksfi;ka

igus gq;s ikap vkneh vk;sA

os lcls cM+s] rst vkSj rkdroj

cSy dks pquus ds fy;s vk;s FksA

oks lcls rkdroj cSy dks

yM+kbZ ds fy;s eSMfjM ys tkus

ds fy;s vk;s FksA

                ۔ 

           ،      ۔        

                 ۔            

15

All the other bulls ran around snorting and butting, leaping and jumping so the men would think that they were

very very strong and fierce and pick them.

ckdh lkjs cSy viuh rkdr dk

ifjp; nsus ds fy;s nkSM+us yxs]

dwnus yxs vkSj ,d nwljs dks

vius iSus lhaxksa ls xksnus yxsA

cSyksa dks yxk fd Vksih okys

le>saxs fd os cgqr gh

'kfDr'kkyh vkSj cyoku gSa vkSj

os pqu fy;s tk;saxsA

               ،      

                        ۔      

 π                   

۔      

16

Ferdinand knew that they wouldn’t pick him and he didn’t

care. So he went out to his favorite cork tree to sit down.

iQjMhuSaM tkurk Fkk fd mls

dksbZ ugha pqusxkA oSls mls pqus

tkus dh dksbZ ijokg Hkh ugha

FkhA

blfy;s oks vius fiz; dkdZ ds

isM+ ds uhps tkdj cSB x;kA

                             ۔

۔                  

  ۔   

17

He didn’t look where he was sitting and instead of sitting

on the nice cool grass in the shade he sat on a bumble bee.

oks tgka cSB jgk Fkk mlus ml

txg dks laHkky dj ugha ns[kkA

BaMh vkSj gjh

?kkl esa cSBus dh ctk;s oks ,d

rrS;k ds mQij cSB x;kA

                      ۔    

                   ۔  

18

Well, if were a bumble bee and a bull sat on you what would you do?

You would sting him. And that is just what this bee did to Ferdinand.

eku yhft;s vxj vki ,d rrS;k gksrs vkSj

dksbZ cSy vkids mQij vkdj cSB tkrkA rc

vki

D;k djrs\ vki cSy dks Mad ekjrsA ;gh

lywd ml rrS;k us iQjMhuaSM ds lkFk

fd;kA

                                ۔  

      ؟     ۔  

      ۔      

19

Wow! Did it hurt! Ferdinand jumped up with a snort. He ran around puffing and snorting,

butting and pawing the ground as if he were crazy.

gk;! bruk Hk;adj nnZ!

iQjMhuSaM ,d tksjnkj ph[k ds lkFk

mNykA

oks ph[krk&fpYykrk iSus lhaxksa ls

tehu dks [kksnrk gqvk ikxyksa dh

rjg nkSM+kA

!    ! ۔             

                 ۔        

20

The five men saw him and they all shouted with joy.

Here was the largest and fiercest bull of all. Just the one for the bull fights in Madrid.

iQjMhuSaM dks ns[kdj Vksihokys ikapksa

yksx [kq'kh ls mNy iM+sA

mUgsa vc lcls cM+k] rkdroj vkSj

cgknqj cSy fey x;k FkkA

eSMfjM esa yM+kbZ ds fy;s oks ,dne

fiQV FkkA

        π      ۔        ،              

۔                      

۔  

21

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

mUgksusa iQjMhuSaM dks ,d cgqr

cM+h ?kksM+k&xkM+h esa cSBk;k vkSj

mls eSMfjM ys x;sA

                         ۔ 

22

What a day it was! Flags were flying, bands were playing...

oks fnu ,d cM+s esys tSlk FkkA

lc rjiQ >aMs ygjk jgs FksA

vkSj gok esa cSaM&cktksa dk laxhr

xwat jgk Fkk + +

               ۔   ۔      

۔                  

23

and all the lovely ladies had flowers in their hair.

esys esa vkbZ reke efgykvksa ds

ckyksa esa lqxaf/r iQwyksa ds xtjs

lts FksA

               ۔      

24

They had a parade into the bull ring.

mlds ckn yM+kbZ ds xksy eSnku

esa ,d cM+h ijsM fudyhA                    

۔  

25

First came the Banderilleros with long sharp pins with ribbons on them to stick in the bull and make him

mad.

lcls igys cSaMsjhyks flikfg;ksa dk

,d nLrk fudykA

muds ikl yacs vkSj uqdhys Hkkys

Fks] ftuesa yacs fjcu yxs FksA

bu Hkkyksa ls cSy dks Hkksadk tkuk

FkkA Hkkyksa ds pqHkus ls cSy ikxy

gks tkrk FkkA

            ۔  

 ،               ۔          

         ۔    ۔              

26

Next came the Picadores who rode skinny horses

and they had long spears to stick in the bull and make him madder.

fiQj fidkMksj flikfg;ksa dk

nLrk vk;kA oks lHkh ?kksM+ksa ij

lokj Fks

vkSj muds gkFkksa esa cSy dks

ekjus ds fy;s cM+s yacs&yacs

Hkkys FksA

    ۔                  

                ۔          

27

Then came the Matadoe, the proudest of all -

he thought he was very handsome, and bowed to the ladies. He had a red cape and a sword and was supposed to

stick the bull last of all.

var esa esVkMksj vk;kA mldk jax&:i

,dne jkschyk FkkA mls viuh [kwclwjrh

ij ukt FkkA

'kk;n blhfy;s mlus lcls igys

efgykvksa dks lyke fd;kA og yky

Vksih igus Fkk vkSj

mlds gkFk esa ,d ryokj FkhA blh

ryokj ls cSy dks ekjk tkuk FkkA

          ۔                     ۔    

۔                  

     π     ۔        ۔            

۔            

28

Then came the bull, and you know who that was don’t you? Ferdinand.

var esa cSy vk;kA dkSu lk cSy

vk;k ;g rks vkidks vPNh rjg

irk gh gSA D;ksa gS u\

iQjMhuSaM!

            ۔        ؟     ۔             

!

29

They called him Ferdinand the Fierce and all the Banderilleros

were afraid of him and the Picadores were afraid of him and the Matadors were scared stiff.

lc yksx iQjMhuSaM dks ns[kdj Mj x;sA

mUgksaus mls uke fn;k & [kwa[kkj iQjMhuSaMA

cSaMsjhyks mls ns[kdj lge x;sA fidkMksjksa

dh mls ns[krs gh flV~Vh&fiV~Vh xqe gks xbZA

vkSj cspkjk esVkMksj rks mls ns[kdj Mj ds

ekjs Fkj&Fkj dkaius yxkA

      ۔          ۔۔۔۔۔۔      

۔    ۔          

         ،                        

۔        

30

Ferdinand ran to middle of the ring and everyone shouted and

clapped because they thought he was going to fight fiercely and butt and snort and stick his horns around.

iQjMhuSaM nkSM+dj eSnku ds chp esa

igqapkA mls ns[kdj yksx fpYykus yxs

vkSj tksj&tksj

ls rkfy;ka ctkus yxsA lcdks yxk fd

ns[kus esa [kwa[kkj iQjMhuSaM cgknqjh ls

yM+sxk vkSj

;ks¼kvksa dks vius iSus lhaxksa ls ekjsxkA

             ۔             

        ۔                 

               ۔    

31

But not Ferdinand. When he got to middle of the ring he saw flowers in all the

lovely ladies’ hair and he just sat down quietly and smelled.

ijarq iQjMhuSaM ds eu esa dqN vkSj gh

fopkj FkkA

tc oks yM+kbZ ds eSnku esa chpksa&chp

igqapk

rks mls vkSjrksa ds ckyksa esa yxs laqnj

iQwy fn[kkbZ fn;sA

oks eSnku ds chp esa pqipki cSB x;k

vkSj iQwyksa dh eueksgd [kq'kcw lwa?kus

yxkA

                ۔

                             

۔                    

            ۔  

32

He wouldn’t fight and be fierce no matter what they did. He just sat and smelled. And the Banderilleros were mad and the Picadors were madder and the Matador was so mad he cried because he couldn’t show off his cape and sword. iQjMhuSaM us vius eu esa iDdk

fu'p; fd;kA ;s yksx pkgsa dqN Hkh

djsa

eSa u rks fdlh dks ek:axk vkSj uk gh

fdlh ls yM+waxk A

;s ns[kdj cSaMsjhyks dk fnekx [kjkc

gks x;k vkSj fidkMksj ikxy gks x;sA

cspkjk esVkMksj rks ,dne vkis ls

ckgj gks x;kA yky Vksih igu dj

vius ryokj ds djrc fn[kk ikuk

vc mlds fy;s laHko u FkkA

   ۔                    

                       ۔  

               ۔        

                               π   ۔ 

۔              

33

So they had to take Ferdinand home. var esa yksxksa dks >d ekjdj

iQjMhuSaM dks okfil ?kj Hkstuk iM+kA        ۔       

34

And for all I know he is sitting there still, under his favorite cork tree,

smell the flowers just quietly. He is very happy.

tgka rd esjh tkudkjh gS iQjMhuSaM

vHkh Hkh ogha cSBk gS

& vius fiz; dkdZ ds isM+ ds uhps

vkSj pqipki mlds

iQwyksa dh [kq'kcw lwa?k jgk gSA

oks okdbZ esa cM+k [kq'k gSA

             ۔         

                      

۔            ۔