In Uncle Al : In Uncle Al (9780307532572) (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Andrew was staring into a tube that looked bigger than a train tunnel. Sticking out from its walls were thousands of finger-shaped things that stretched and wriggled like strange worms. Andrew pulled himself farther into Uncle Al’s intestines. He pulled Thudd up, too. “The blood is dragging me away!” came Judy’s voice. Andrew jerked the Drastic Elastic. “Yoof!” cried Judy. Andrew smiled. “She’s back!” He ran his hand over the finger-y things. They were as soft as velvet. meep … “Called villi,” said Thudd. “Stomach turn food into mush. Intestines break mush into tiny molecules. “Villi pick up food molecules like sponge. Send molecules into blood to feed body.” A clump of rod shapes was slithering slowly toward Andrew. “What’s that?” asked Andrew. meep … “Bacteria,” said Thudd. “What’s going on up there?” shouted Judy from inside the capillary. “Herds of germs are crawling around like slime carpets,” said Andrew. “Yuck-a-roony!” Judy exclaimed.
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