Read the excerpt from "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty. She was meditating, and not ready, and when he came at her she only hit him a little with her cane. Over she went in the ditch, like a
little puff of milkweed
What does the phrase "like a little puff of milkweed" suggest?
A). Phoenix stops on the path and bends over to pick some flowers and falls.
B). Phoenix falls asleep while standing on the path and falls into a bed of flowers.
C). Phoenix attempts to knock the milkweed out of her way with her cane.
D). Phoenix is as delicate and lightweight as a flower, causing her to lose her balance and fall over.