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<正>数年前,本文主人公的父亲告诉主人公要在圣诞节时给他寄一个水果蛋糕……主人公收到这个蛋糕了吗?他对这个蛋糕有什么想法呢?A few years ago,my father arranged to send me a fruitcake at Christmas time.Although I had a good job and owned an apartment in Manhattan,he feared my cupboards and fridge might be bare.I had recently moved from California,where my parents still lived in their suburban bungalow of50 years,the house I grew up in.He wanted me to have a particular fruitcake.Made in Texas,it was famous among fruitcake lovers.