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Juha and the Police Officer

Juha left his house in the middle of the night and was walking the streets when a police officer encountered him and asked: What are you doing in the street in the middle of the night?

Juha replied: My sleep ran away, and I’m looking for it.

Detail from The Night Halt (Muhammad Zaman flor. 1649-1694), page from an album of paintings and calligraphy most of whose pages are now stored at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. Gouache, gold and ink on paper, 1660–1665, Iran. Department of Islamic art, Louvre Museum. Former Duffeuty collection; gift of the Friends of the Louvre, 1998.