Spare but evocative line drawings by the Japanese artist Nomoco add to the subtle charm of this slim volume. The book explores the joys of parenthood and the sacrifices required to nurture the next generation, the healing bonds of friendship, and the tug-of-war between nature and nurture. His lifesaving friendship enables Sprout to achieve one of her dreams: she hatches an egg she discovers in a briar patch, at first unaware that her offspring is not a chick, but a duckling. Determined to do something with her life, Sprout escapes from her cage into the barnyard, but she's shunned by all its denizens except another outsider like herself, a mallard duck called Straggler. The hen encapsulates her longing in the name Sprout, which she gives to herself, signifying the fecundity of nature. The protagonist is a philosophically restless hen who yearns to raise a chick, but her eggs are collected daily by the farmer's wife. This is the lesson of this simply told but absorbing fable, a two million–copy bestseller in South Korea, and a story that will appeal to readers of self-help. Audiobook The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang A Korean Charlottes Web This is the story of a hen named Sprout. Yet it's possible to achieve happiness, and to make a positive contribution to humanity, if one perseveres. The road of life is paved with hardships, even tragedy. Sun-mi Hwang’s 2000 novella, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, has finally made it to North American readers after some 13 years in part because it lacks any of the overt national.
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