His new school was in the country, but he had always wanted to live in the city. There were two cities, the city of Flora and the city of Fauna, that were close to his new school. He decided he would check both cities out, and decide where he wanted to live. 

On Rich’s house hunting journey, he found that in the city of Fauna, the city limits were rather large. He made the note that the city limits could be compared to the cell membrane of the animal cell because both surround and border the cell and the city. Rich isn’t quite sure if he wants to live in a big city like fauna.  He has always lived in the city but not one quite as big as Fauna.

Rich noticed that Fauna’s environment is very clean and pure. This was a great selling factor for Richard because he HATES pollution! With the background of a biology teacher, the clean environment reminded him of the cytoplasm of a cell. The cytoplasm of a cell is all the inner space in which all the other parts of the animal cell inhibit.

As Rich made his way through the city of Fauna he found himself looking at houses near city hall. The houses were gorgeous but he didn’t know if he could handle living next to a place that controls everything in the city. With Rich Sabs being crazy and throwing parties all the time, he felt that he needed to live in a more secluded part of town. He made another note to himself that City Hall can be compared to the nucleus of the animal cell because it controls all the cell’s functions and City Hall controls all the activities of the city.

While looking for houses, Richard decided to take a break. He went to the Krispy Kreme factory in Flora to see how they make their doughnuts. The factory and workers made Rich think of ribosomes. The ribosomes make proteins just like the Factory and workers make the doughnuts.

Once driving around with no destination in mind, he remembered he needed to send a package to his mom. Rich made his way to post office and waited in line to drop it off. As he was waiting, he realized that the post office and the golgi bodies of the animal cell have very similar aspects. The post office packs and carried packages as the golgi bodies pack and carry proteins and lipids.

The City of Fauna was beautiful, but Rich thought maybe he should check out another city just to see more options. He decided to head to the city of Flora.

As Rich came upon the city of Flora, he saw the Border Patrol Agents stopping cars and checking licenses. While pulling out his registration papers, he thought how Border Control could be compared to the plasma membrane. In the plant cell, the plasma membrane keeps out unwanted, foreign things, that aren’t registered to the cell. Border Patrol helps to keep out illegal immigrants, or bad guys who might harm the city.

The next house they went to, the realtor said needed some work. He said the builders were in the middle of construction. As they drove through the growing neighborhood, he saw many construction workers. They reminded him of little ribosomes in the plant cell, because ribosomes produce protein, just as the construction workers made houses.