title: The Dog Who Dared to Dream
author:  Sun-mi Hwang 
description: <b>A very special little book. </b>I absolutely loved it, and I find myself still thinking about Sprout. She embodies all the best characteristics of deep-hearted mother-love: loyalty, sacrifice, and courage<b><i>Lisa See, author of the New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and Shanghai Girls on The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly</i></b><br /><br /><b>Everything wonderful about the world is contained in this small gem of a novel,</b> which brims with dream-fulfilling adventures and the longing that underlies love<b><i>Kyung-sook Shin, New York Times bestselling author of Please Look After Mom on The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly</i></b><br /><br /><b>Bewitching</b> . . . a fabular bestseller . . . <b>will make grown men and women cry</b><b><i>Independent on The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly</i></b><br /><br /><b>Sometimes the simplest character, expressed in the sparest prose, embarks upon life's most heroic journey. </b>Meet Sprout, a plucky hen whose modest dream to hatch a single egg will take her down a path that leads to her true place in the natural world. Heart, determination, and empathy are the only skills Sprout needs to navigate this perilous passage in Sun-mi Hwang's lovely <i>The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly,</i> a novel uniquely poised at the nexus of fable, philosophy, children's literature, and nature writing<b><i>Adam Johnson, author of the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestseller The Orphan Master?s Son on The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly</i></b><br /><br />[A] <b>simply told but absorbing</b> fable . . . Spare but evocative line drawings . . . add to the subtle charm<b><i>Publishers Weekly on The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly</i></b><br /><br />I was completely sucked into this story bursting with originality . . . <b>an instant classic</b><b><i>Guardian on The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly</i></b><br /><br />An adroit allegory about life . . . in the vein of classics like <i>Charlotte's Web</i> and <i>Jonathan Livingston Seagull </i>. . .<b> A subtle morality tale that will appeal to readers of all ages</b><b><i>Kirkus Reviews on The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly</i></b><br /><br />
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  CHAPTER  
  
  
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  The room was dark except for a single circle of illumination on one wall.
  Within that circle, the shadow of a dog’s head took form. The dog’s mouth
  opened and closed, opened and closed, in a silent barking spree. It wiggled
  one ear, bobbed up and down a few times, and then its tongue flopped out of
  its mouth as it started to pant.
  
  
  
  
  
  At least, that was what Data tried to make it do. The problem was that his
  fingers were already so twisted up he couldn’t quite find a free finger to
  make a tongue.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Data, I be in your presence,” came a voice through the darkness.
  
  
  
  
  
  Data already knew that the voice belonged to his roommate, Zhu Lniuhta’bihd,
  and he turned his head to see the small Tangonese cadet standing in the
  doorway.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Data had said time and again that his android ears could hear Zhu’s approach
  from halfway down the hall, and he could even recognize the pattern of Zhu’s
  footsteps