"red-eyed white mice wearing kimonos are kneeling at a low desk transcribing a book, while off in the corner naked black mice are devouring the pages of a previously transcribed book." - Ruefle

It reminded me of a nineteenth-century Japanese drawing I had once seen - Mice transcribing a book, by Kawanabe Kyosai - in which red-eyed white mice wearing kimonos are kneeling at a low desk transcribing a book, while off in the corner naked black mice are devouring the pages of a previously transcribed book. Mary Ruefle - My Private Property link to image here