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Nucleolus

Okay kiddo, so you know how every living thing is made up of tiny things called cells, right?

And those cells have different parts inside of them that help them do their jobs?

One of those parts is called the nucleolus.

Think of it like the cell's little factory inside the cell's headquarters (the nucleus).

You see, the nucleolus is responsible for making important parts that the cell needs to divide and grow. It's kind of like a mom who makes dinner for her kids every day, except the nucleolus is making important things for the cell.

These things are called ribosomes, and they help the cell make proteins. And as you know, proteins are important for all sorts of things, like building muscles, carrying oxygen to our cells, and even fighting off infections.

So, in summary, the nucleolus is a little factory inside the cell's headquarters that makes important things called ribosomes, which help the cell make proteins that are essential for our bodies to work properly.
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