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TWo STRUC'I'URES, BOTHAUKE INDI6Nrn'

IN FAIR MRS. TILARO'S ROOM,WHERE WE LAYOUR SCENE

WHERE CELL cYTOPLASM MAKESSTUDENT'S HANDS UNCLEAN.

ANCIENT 6RUD6E SHALL BR£AK TON£WMUTINY

A PAIR OF STAR- CROSSED C£IJ.sFORMN£W LIVES

WHAT H£RE SHALL MISS, OUR TALE.SHALL STRIVE TO MEND

ONCE UPON A TIME., THER£ WERETWo C£I.I.S AT A PARTIe ITWASLOVE AT FIRST CYr •.•OPLASM.

ON£ WAS A PLANT CELl. AND HISNAME WAS PLANT£O. HIS CElAI..WALL WASWRY STRON6 ANDMUSCULAR. THE OTH£R WAS AN

ANIMAL csu, AND HER NAME WASANIM£T, B£NEA TH THE. DISCO BALI.,HER CELL MEMBRANE 6UTTER£D

FABULOUSLY. ONTHE DANCRFLOOR, THEY ACCIDENTALLY

BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER ANDBEGAN TO 80061£.

ANIMET: WELL HEYTHER£! YOURCELL WAll IS SO STRUCTURALLY

STABLE.PLANT£O: wHY, THANK YOU. THEWAY YOUR RIBOSOMES 6UST£N

B£NEA TH THE DISCOBAI.I. MAKESMYNUCLEUS60 CRAZY.

ANIM£T: ME TOO, I'M ONAN ATPOVERLOAD.

PLANT£O: WILL YOU MARRY M£??ANIMET: OF COURSE, BUT FIRST YOUHAV£ TO M£ET MYPARENT CEIl"

PLANTEO: OK, I'LL MEET YOUTOMORROW IN THE PETRI! DISH.\~ ,\~ \~

THE NEXT DAv.... ANIMET ANDPLANTEO MET EACH OTH£R'S

PARENTS •••INA DIFFERENT WA~THAN EXPE.CTED. QUITE BLUNTL~,IT WAS A TERRIBLE DISASTER.

@ @II SHE'S AN ANIMAL CHI.).? HOW

COULD YOU?!""HR'g A PLANT CELL? YOU SHOULD

HAVE TOLD ME THAT!""WHA 1"5 WRON6 WITH BEIN6 A

PLANT CEIL?""YOU HAVE CHLOROPLASTS THAT'S

wHY!""AT L£AST I LOST THE WEIGHT I

6AIN£D FROMMYMITOSIS.""OH NOYOU DIDN'T!"

''YES I DID!""I BET YOU BELIEVE IN PR£-MARITAL MITOSIS TOO!"

ITWAS NOT A PRE1"fY FIRSTIMPRESSION.

THE NEXT DAY, PLANT EO ANDANIMET ARE SAD THAT THEY

CANNOT BE TOGETHER.ANIMET: I DON'T UNDERSTAND •••WHY IS BElNa DIFFERENT SUCHA

. BI6DEAL?PLANT£O: I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

IMET: WElL, MA YB£ WE. SHOULDGET TO KNOW EACH OTHER

PLANT£O: OKAY, W£I.I. I AMPLANT£O. I HAV£ A STRON6 CELL

WALL THAT SUPPORTS MYSTRUCTURES. I ALSO HAVE

CHLOROPLASTS, WHICH aMMEMYGREEN TINT, AND USE ENERGY

FROM THE SUN, A LITrL£SOMETHING I UK£ TO CALL

PHOTOSYNTHESIS. I ALSO HAV£ AACUOLE THAT STORES MYWATER,

SALT, PROTEIN, AND CAMS.

ANIMET: I'M ANIMET. I HAVELYSOSOMES WHICH DIGEST FOOD,OLD ORGANELLES, AND GERMS. IALSO HAV£ CENTRIOLES WHICHHELPWITH CELL DIFFUSION.

PLANT£O:YOURSOCOMPLEXLYSTRUCTURED.

ANIMET: WAIT, LOOK AT ALL W£HAV£ IN COMMON, TOO!

£0: WE BOTHHAVE A C£LLEMBRAN£ WHICH ALLOWS

T£RIALS TO MOVE IN AND OUTUS, ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM

UPID COMPONENTS OF OURKANE, PROT£INS, AND OTHERTERIALS ARE ASSDlBL£D,OPLASM WHICH IS THE CLEAR

EJ.J.Y INSIDE OF US, RIBOSOMESBleH MAKE PROTEINS, AND

OCHONDRION WHICH MAKE OURENER6Y IN THE FORMOF ATPe

£T: IT'SNOTONLYTHAT. \\'£ALSO BOTH HAV£ A NUCL£USWHICH IS OUR CELL CONTROLENTER THAT HOLDS OUR DNA, ACLEOLUS WHICH IS INSIDE THE

CL£US AND MAKES RIBOSOMES,CHROMATIN WHICH CONSISTS OF

DNA BOUND TO PROT £IN, ANUCLEAR MEMBRANE WHICH

ALLOWS MATERIALS TO MOVE IND OUT OF THE NUCLEUS, AND AGOLSI APPARATUS WHICH

ODIFIES, SORTS AND PACKA6ESPROTEINS FROM OUR £R.

LANT£O: WE SHOULD SHOW OURR£NTS ALL OUR SIMILARITI£S ••~DON'T LET THAT 6RE£N SLIMEOF A CELL COME N£AR ME!"

"YOU DON'T EVEN WEAR A CEJ~Allw YOU JUSTWALK AROUND IN

YOUR MEMBRANE!"ET: CALM DOWN! JUST LISTEN

TO US!PLANT£O: LOOKAT ALL OURSIMILARITIES: CYTOPLASM,RIBOSOMES, ENDOPLASMIC

RETICULUM, AND MUCH MORE. BUTOST OF ALL •••WE ALL HAVE A

NUCLEUS.£T: SOwHY CAN'T WE JUST BE

OUR CELLV£S??

UOH I GUESS YOU'RE. RIGHT."'VE N£V£R SEEN IT THAT vlAY

BEFORE."..--....& EiHT YOU TWo, YOU HA V£ OUR

PERMISSION TO vlRD.nANIM£T: YAY!

£0: I PROMISE I'LL STAYYOU FOUVER, £VEN THROU6H

OSMOSIS.WET: ME TOO, MY LOVE,

DON'T SET AN'! IDEAS ABOUTMITOSIS!!"

THEY ALL LIVED CELLULARLY£WRAfT£R •••