費迪南是一隻小小的鬥牛，平時喜歡安靜的待在樹下聞聞花香，不喜歡打架。後來由於父親被送去鬥牛場沒有回來，遭受打擊而逃離公牛之家，後遇見小女孩妮娜和她爸爸，過上一段安逸的生活。隨著費迪南的成長與逐漸茁壯，他的性情依舊，然而有天他卻不小心在人群中闖了禍，導致被警察強制帶走，又回到了公牛之家。而剛好名鬥牛士普米羅來到了這裡，他要選出最強壯的鬥牛來做為他的引退之戰對手

The Story of Ferdinand (1936) is the best known work written by American author Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson. The children’s book tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights. He sits in the middle of the bull ring failing to take heed of any of the provocations of the matador and others to fight.