What is inside a Dandelion?

We are nearly back to normal after our tango with Rotovirus....yuck....and my daughter comes in after playing outside and wants to know what is inside the join/puffed out part of a Dandelion stalk.

So I said cut it open.

It was tougher that I thought...but it was open...she looked...said "ok"....and that was that.

She did come back after a while and said she wanted to know more...so we opened the page on wiki...I read the first line...and then she left to play outside.

Note: Wait until she looks...asks questions and possibly use a book instead.