Ananzi 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.