The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly (Korean: 마당을 나온 암탉; RR: Madangeul Naon Amtak) is a 2000 novel by Hwang Seon-mi.
Sprout becomes depressed and eventually stops eating and is taken out of the farm by the owner only to be thrown into a hole.
Sprout gets woken up at night by a mallard duck named "Straggler" who warns her about a weasel that planned to eat her.
[1] The novel received positive reviews from South China Morning Post's John Kang[2] and The Guardian, with the latter praising the story's originality.
[6] The book became the first work by a Korean author to reach the number one spot on the UK bestseller list within a month of its English-language release.