The raven and the writing desk

The raven and the writing desk, an illustration by JVL in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 

Artists' Choice Editions, 2009.

The text:

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he

SAID was, 'Why is a raven like a writing-desk?'

 'Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought Alice. 'I'm glad

they've begun asking riddles. -- I believe I can guess that,' she

added aloud.

 'Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?' said

the March Hare.

'Exactly so,' said Alice.

'Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on.

 'I do,' Alice hastily replied; 'at least -- at least I mean what I say --

that's the same thing, you know.'

'Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. 'You might just as well

say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!'

 'You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, 'that "I like

what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!'

 'You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be

talking in his sleep, 'that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing

 as "I sleep when I breathe"!'

'It IS the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the

conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while

Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and

writing-desks, which wasn't much.