{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ptn/ptn72.htm","path":"neu/ptn/ptn72.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ptn/ptn72.htm","text":"Popular Tales from the Norse, by George Webbe Dasent, [1904]\nANANZI and Mosquito were talking together one day, and boasting of their fathers' crops. Ananzi said his father had never had such a crop in his life before; and Mosquito said, he was sure his father's was bigger, for one yam they dug was as big as his leg. This tickled Jack-Spaniard so much, that he laughed till he broke his waist in two. That's why the Jack-Spaniard's waist is so small.","title":"Popular Tales from the Norse: Appendix: Why The Jack-Spaniard's Waist is Small","type":"page"}