Mind-bending

At the wedding, Melissa's father astonished me with this number puzzle.  Do it quickly, but do the calculations correctly.

Think of a number between one and ten.

Multiply it by nine.

Add the digits together.

Subtract five.  Remember the result.

Now where one is "a" and two is "b", etc., figure out the letter that corresponds to your number.

Think of a country that begins with that letter.

Now what is the last letter of that country?

Think of an animal that begins with that letter.

Think of the last letter of the name of the animal.

Think of a fruit that begins with that letter.

Make a sentence that includes the name of the country, the animal and the fruit.

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DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!!!!!

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Melissa's new father-in-law looked me in the eye and said"

"In Denmark, the kangaroos eat oranges."

I dropped my jaw.

A bit of clarification.

If you multiply any single digit other that "1" by nine, the sum of the digits is nine: 18, 27,36,45, 54,63,72,81. Subtract five and you get 4, so your letter is "d".

Not many countries start with "D".  Most people will think of "Denmark", and for an animal beginning with "k", kangaroo comes to mind, though I might have said "koala" given another moment.  But you are being rushed along.  Likewise, the fruit that begins with an "o"...hurry now...okay.

So the chances are very good that the sentence your victim will come up with is the one above.

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