Nephron And Tulip

The nephron never saw the sunlight. Yet he was a very curious nephron and decided to peer into the outside world somehow. He was talking about this a great deal and in the end his friends came to help him. They built for him a periscope. The nephron looked through the ocular lens, prisms and mirrors of the apparatus and the first thing that came into his view was a red tulip. "Oh, you are so beautiful", said the nephron. "I hardly can hear you", said the tulip, "but thank you. And who are you? if I may ask". "I am a nephron, a structural and functional unit of the kidney. Together with about one million of my colleagues, we are renal stars in our kidney galaxy. We filter the blood, take and reabsorb what is needed and eliminate the wastes from the body." "Quite fascinating", said the tulip. "Oh, I wish that you and I become good friends, " said the nephron. "I'm sorry", said the tulip, "but under the circumstances this seems to be impossible. I don't think that in our prevailing conditions we can be real friends and have a lasting relationship." "Then perhaps we could develop sort of a Platonic love relationship", suggested the nephron. "All right", said the tulip. "We might try that. Send me, please, an email."