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美文赏析 Early this year lawmakers in Maine put forward a bill to make the whoopie pie their state's official dessert.But now bakers in Pennsylvania are crying foul.They say the whoopie pie was invented in their state，not in Maine.Which state gets to call the tasty treat its own? A whoopie pie is like a cake sandwich：two small round chocolate cakes stuck together by a layer of soft vegetable frosting(糖霜)．Many states have different official symbols，like state birds，state flowers，or even state fruits or vegetables.The official state vegetable of Texas is the sweet onion.In California, the state's official marine fish is the colorful garibaldi. To make a new symbol② official，state lawmakers have to pass a law.A law starts as a bill，or a proposed law.Then lawmakers vote for or against the bill.In Maine，if a majority vote in favor of a bill in both the State Senate and State House of Representatives，the bill becomes law. But first，lawmakers have to prove that a symbol belongs to their state.Congressman Paul Davis decided to write the whoopie bill after talking to enthusiastic foodlovers at last year's Maine Whoopie Pie Festival.He thought making it Maine's official treat would make his state proud.More than 4,000 Maine residents came out to eat whoopie pies that day.The state even celebrates Whoopie Pie Day each June. | 
