From the Diary of David Sedaris
On various beings storing things in their cheeks, and being gullible.
March 22, 1992
New York
Patrick stayed up late last night and watched a show about termites, which don’t eat wood but apparently just store it in their cheeks or whatnot. Then they bring it back to the mound, where they use it to mulch mushrooms. Can this be true? I’m so gullible sometimes.
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March 23, 1992
New York
According to the book I’m reading, Judy Garland was once singing “Over the Rainbow” at the Green Theatre in Los Angeles when a moth flew into her open mouth. She couldn’t spit it out in the middle of the song, so she just parked it in her cheek until she had finished. Again, can that be true?
—David Sedaris
You can find this diary excerpt in Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris (pp. 284-285).