Yeah, IM2L844 is right about the current divider. The best analogy for this sort of thing is to picture the circuit like a bunch of PVC pipe. Something like this:

IN
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______|______
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
|___|___|____|
|
|
OUT

You can see that as the water enters the IN port, it gets split up into 4 seperate paths, and then recombines when it leaves the OUT port. There's a "law" called Kirchoffs Current law, that basically states that the current into a "node", or better an "electrical connection", is equal to the current leaving the node. It's alot like water... If you have a single piece of pipe, then obviously the water entering the pipe is equal to the water leaving the pipe. Just like in the diagram, the water entering the IN port is equal to the water leaving the OUT port. Same thing with current, but it's electrons instead of water molecules.

The same applies to your cell. If you have multiple cells in parallel, then they all "see" the same voltage across them, so they just suck current as if they were the only one exposed to the voltage, however, the TOTAL current through the system is the sum of the currents through EACH cell.

When they are wired in series, then the total current is the current through EACH cell, as it is the same througout.

EDIT: Forum software sucks. The diagram looks fine until I hit post.