"Come on," the alga chirped. "I'll show you what we really do."
"You're... you're a unicellular green alga," Artyom whispered. rabochaia tetrad po biologii 6 klass pasechnik vodorosli
"I am a Chlamydomonas, thank you very much," the creature replied, spinning in a circle. "And your drawing is terrible. I look like a lopsided potato. If you want to pass Pasechnik’s lesson, you need to understand that I’m not just a green blob. I’m a sun-eating machine!" "Come on," the alga chirped
"We are the lungs of the planet," the Chlamydomonas said, its red light-sensitive eye-spot glowing. "While you humans are busy walking around, we are here absorbing the sun and giving you the oxygen you breathe. Look at my chromatophore!" "I am a Chlamydomonas, thank you very much,"
With a splash, they were inside the water glass. Artyom felt weightless. All around him, thousands of different algae were dancing. He saw long, elegant strands of Spirogyra that looked like emerald necklaces draped through the water. He saw tiny diatoms that sparkled like diamonds in the sunlight.
The next day in biology class, when the teacher asked why algae were important, Artyom didn't even have to look at his notes. He just smiled, thinking of the tiny, glowing passenger who had shown him the world in a drop of water.
The little alga hopped off the page and landed on Artyom’s finger. To Artyom’s surprise, the room began to blur. The wooden desk stretched into a vast brown plain, and his glass of water on the nightstand grew into a shimmering, transparent skyscraper.