Sprout, the hen that wishes to raise its own egg for a change, is a champion for freedom, dreams and hopes. She chooses the name "Sprout" for herself because it represents growth, change and the tiny spark that grows a huge tree. She is incessantly hopeful about raising her own chick someday. She dreams of going outside the coop and the cage and live freely under the acacia tree. 
 Through Sprout the author explores the everyday struggles that many of us face. Be it loneliness, alienation among our own kind and struggling to deal with monotony that demands delivery and excellence every minute of the day. Importance of Sprout's existence is tightly wound to her egg laying capacity. She conforms to this role till she starts questioning and dares to dream. With that dream begins her journey of rebellion, friendships, heartache, joy, dream, motherhood and ability love the egg she protected. She welcomes the baby duck that hatches out of the egg she was sitting on and accepts it as is. The acceptance is easy and she slips into the role of motherhood as easily. 
 Heavy with metaphor, this little book leads to a conclusion after Sprout struggles existing in the wild and fighting her nemesis. Sun-mi Hwang explores oppression, marginalizing for profit, bias, bias based on social standing, adoption, friendship, dreams and hopes.