A1 & A2 listening lessons feature easy vocabulary, basic grammar, and slow speech with short pauses.
🐂 bull – a big, strong male cow
Example: Ferdinand is a bull.
🌸 like flowers – to enjoy or love flowers
Example: He likes flowers more than fighting.
😌 gentle – kind and not rough or angry
Example: Ferdinand is a gentle bull.
💭 seems like – it looks or feels like something is true
Example: It seems like Ferdinand is scary, but he isn’t.
💪 be strong – to have a lot of body power
Example: The other bulls want to be strong.
👟 take small steps – walk slowly and carefully
Example: He takes small steps to leave the bullring.
🏠 go home – return to where you live
Example: Ferdinand wants to go home.
🧑🤝🧑 make friends – meet and like new people or animals
Example: He makes friends with a goat and hedgehogs.
🙂 be kind – be good and nice to others
Example: Ferdinand wants to be kind, not fight.
🧍 be yourself – act in your own way, not like others
Example: He teaches people to be yourself.
🎯 try to escape – try to get away from a place
Example: Ferdinand tries to escape the bullring.
🕳️ barrel – a round container for holding things
Example: The bulls look at a barrel for training.
🏟️ bullring – a big place where bulls fight in front of people
Example: He doesn’t fight in the bullring.
👑 hero – someone brave who helps others
Example: Ferdinand is a hero because he is kind.
This is a story about Ferdinand. He is a bull. But Ferdinand is different. It seems like from the moment you are born, people think you must be one way. But Ferdinand loves flowers, not fighting!
Ferdinand grows up very big. You look at him and think “big”. You also think “scary”. But Ferdinand says, “I’m not a fighting bull.” It’s not that simple to be different, especially when it comes to bulls.
One day, Ferdinand goes to a place where bulls train to fight. Other bulls say, “You just have to act like a fighting bull.” They show him how to be strong. They say, “Oh, come on little guy!” when he doesn’t want to fight. They might even say, “See that barrel over there?” for practice.
But Ferdinand is still gentle. He tries to escape. He takes baby steps, baby steps to find his home. He also makes new friends like a goat and some hedgehogs. He helps them.
In the end, Ferdinand goes to the big bullring. Does he fight? No, he does not! He shows everyone that bulls can be kind and gentle. He shows them that it is okay to be yourself. Ferdinand is a hero because he stays true to who he is.