Lewis Carroll. So the boat was left to drift down the stream as it would, till it glided gently in among the waving rushes. And then the little sleeves were carefully rolled up, and the little arms were plunged in elbow-deep to get the rushes a good long way down before breaking them off-and for a while Alice forgot all about the Sheep and the knitting, as she bent over the side of the boat, with just the ends of her tangled hair dipping into the water-while with bright eager eyes she caught at one bunch after another of the darling scented rushes. To understand this passage, readers must be able to imagine the plant Alice is gathering. the clothes Alice is wearin

To understand this passage, readers must be able to imagine the plant Alice is gathering.

Explanation:

Lewis Caroll's children book "Through The Looking Glass" revolves around the imaginary fairyland of Underland. The passage is from Chapter V: Wool and Water where Alice found herself in a shop after her encounter with the White Queen.

The shop was supervised by a sheep who told Alice that she's have to "feather" through to shop, which them put her on a boat with the ship, drifting on a stream gently gliding "in among the waving rushes". Then Alice put her little arms to catch a bunch of the "rushes". In order for us to understand the passage, we have to imagine the plant that she is gathering.