The White Queen is talking to Alice, when she suddenly starts "baa-ing" and then seems to 'wrap herself in wool'.

As Alice begins to answer, she realizes that they are in a little boat, and that the needles have turned into oars.

The sheep then tells Alice that they will be catching 'crabs' (which is rowing terminology for getting one's blades stuck in the water if one fails to feather properly).

Alice's attention is then put onto some scented rushes growing in the water.

Alice buys an egg from the Sheep (that ends up turning into Humpty Dumpty) and the two part ways.