Cilia, Mucus, and Mucociliary Interactions (ISBN 0824701380)

I thought it would be a good book, but it's snot!!!!!:
I thought Mucus was a regrettably underdeveloped character in this book. What was Mucus's motivation? Baum never gives us any insight. And Cilia is just such the classic victim. It was clear that neither of them would ever get out of the sinus cavity so what was the point????!!!!!! I really thought this would be like that book The Horse Whisperer.