Leafie

Leafie, also known as Daisy in the english version, is the titular main protagonist of the 2011 South Korean animated film Leafie, A Hen into the Wild or Daisy, A Hen into the Wild in English.
==Story==
Leafie originally lived in a chicken farm, but was unable to incubate the eggs that are her own. Longing to have her own young, she planned to escape the farm, but passes out when she starves herself. The farmer, mistaking Leafie's unconscious form as dead, takes Leafie out of the farm and dumps her into a pit outside in the forest along with the other deceased hens. Upon awakening, she is attacked by a vicious weasel named One Eye, but manages to escape thanks to a wild mallard duck she nicknamed Wanderer, whom she immediately falls in love with.
After a failed attempt to join the farm animals outside the chicken farm, Leafie returns to the wild and was able to find a place to live with the help of Mr. Otter, whom she nickames as "Mayor". Shortly after arriving into the wild, she meets up with Wanderer again, only to discover that he already has a mate. That night, One Eye kills Wanderer's mate and Wanderer tries in vain to pursue the carnivore. Leafie heard the commotion and comes upon a nest that had a single egg, to which she begins to take care of. Wanderer accepts Leafie as the caregiver of the egg and later instructs the hen to take his unborn child to the everglades and will understand in time why. Leafie soon witnessed the death of Wanderer by the claws of One Eye, leaving Leafie alone and depressed.
At the time of Wanderer's death, the egg hatches into a baby duckling and Leafie names him Greenie. The hen heads to a nearby glade where there are many water birds and took most of her time caring for Greenie, who grew up and learned how to swim from Mr. Otter. However living close to the water gradually made Leafie grow ill little by little, but the hen didn't mind that. Eventually, Leafie discovered that the local water birds of the everglades don't approve of her and becomes depressed. Around the same time, Greenie found out that he and Leafie are different, and the young duck leaves his foster mother, feeling that he doesn't need her anymore.
Leafie seeks solace from Mr. Otter, who then told the hen the backstory of Wanderer. Leafie's friend, Chirpie, alerts Leafie about Greenie being captured by the farmer and rushes to his rescue, saving Greenie from having his wings clipped. Shortly after escaping, Leafie and Greenie reconcile, but soon came under attack by One Eye, who finds both birds as potential prey to eat. The hungry weasel disorients Leafie and chases down Greenie to eat him first. Despite Leafie's best efforts, she was unable to stop One Eye from reaching Greenie and could only watch as both Greenie and One Eye fall over a cliff. Believing Greenie to be dead, Leafie mourns, but Greenie escaped certain death by successfully learning how to fly while One Eye managed to save herself by grabbing hold of a ledge on the cliff.
An aged Leafie watches an adult Greenie perform his flying manuevers in the autumn season. When a flock of ducks come to the everglades, Leafie realized what Wanderer meant. She allows Greenie to meet with the flock of ducks and returns to her nest. When Greenie returns, Leafie finds out that Greenie is discouraged and reassures him to enter the race the wild ducks were having to become the new guard duck. She manages to tear a portion of the human string that was left wrapped around Greenie's leg from his past encounter with the farmer and gives her support.
During the race, Leafie watched from the sidelines as Greenie tackle against the competitve ducks and was overjoyed with tears when the young duck won the race. After the competition, Leafie wonders alone and finds a nest of baby weasels, to which she begins to take care of. She suddenly witnesses Greenie being pinned down by a hungry One Eye, and during the confrontation, discovered that the baby weasels she has been taking care of was One Eye's. This makes Leafie realize that the weasel who killed Wanderer and his mate, is now killing to provide food for her newborn litter. After agreeing to not harm the weasel pups in exchange for letting Greenie go, Leafie and Greenie were allowed to escape. Before they left, Leafie saw how One Eye, who is malnourished due to the rough winter season, is unable to produce milk to feed her pups.
As the flock of ducks prepare to leave the everglades, Leafie said her heartfelt goodbyes to Greenie and promises him that she would be in the everglades when he returns. She then allows Greenie to go with the flock and see the world, calling out to her foster son that she is proud of him. Soon afterwards, One Eye approaches the hen. Feeling that she has done everything for Greenie, and knowing that her weakening health means she will not survive the winter, Leafie offers to sacrifice herself to One Eye so that the weasel will be able to produce milk for her pups. With tears streaming from her eye and a heartbroken cry of grief, One Eye charges the hen and kills her.
After her death, Leafie becomes a flying spirit in the air that many get to see, including Chirpie, Mr.Otter and Greenie, as she flies with him.
==Personality==
Leafie is a free-spirited hen who welcomes adventure and accepts challenges. She is a nicknamer, calling other animals various names that may fit their personality or features. She also possesses a habit of being loud, a trait that has been passed down to her foster child, Greenie. Only when the local animals of the everglades didn't approve of her presence did Leafie learn that the world isn't as welcoming as she thought it would be. 
Leafie is a dedicated and selfless mother, willing to go to great lengths to protect Greenie and make him happy. Her maternal instincts extend beyond her single foster child as she thought about One Eye's litter of baby weasels and she sacrifices herself for that One Eye can nourish her babies to help them survive. 
At the end of the film, a first person perspective, implied to be the soul of Leafie, is shown looking down on the land below and eventually catching up to Greenie flying with the other ducks.
==External Links==
*
Category:Pure Good
Category:Female
Category:Protectors
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:Animals
Category:Anthropomorphic
Category:Deceased
Category:Damsels
Category:Martyr
Category:Tragic
Category:Honorable
Category:Anime Heroes
Category:The Messiah
Category:Strong-Willed
Category:Poor
Category:Suicidal
Category:Parents
Category:Nurturers
Category:Saved Souls
Category:Tragic
Category:Neutral Good
Category:Sympathetic
Category:Wise
Category:Selfless
Category:Pessimists