As we all know, the world is a very different place because of the extremely important scientific advancements made by Elisha B. whose new theory of the nature of physics has turned everything seemed to turn everything upside down for all of us. But in keeping with the theme of this collection of writings, we are most interested in how the seeds were planted that grew into her scientific discovery, rather than what has been made of it more recently. Thus as is the case with the other outstanding, ultra‑famous individuals who are semi-documented in this collection, it has been revealed to us that this incredible young lady got her start back in the highly productive Creative Expressions class of winter 1993-4 which was managed so skillful by that old master himself, the Legendary Mr. Christopherson.

The great teacher was uncharacteristically reluctant to talk about his former student, the young Elisha. This certainly puzzled us, since this great educator finds himself often consulted by people from all walks of life who need help with their particular problems, such as they may be, and he had always before been known to provide any and all information requested, thus solving many of the world's most pressing problems in one quick visit with him.

The reason for the hesitation to share information about the early years of Dr. B., as it turns out, was that this mentally gifted girl had posed such a puzzle for her wonderful teacher that he was at first embarrassed to admit that it took him nearly the entire trimester to figure out what she was attempting to do for her project. Apparently, she asked for little or no help with it, even refusing to say what her fundamental problem was. Her only real contact with the great teacher was in the form of carefully itemized written requisitions for equipment and supplies, which the generous teacher always honored immediately. (In no way wishing to steal any of her glory, the great teacher admitted to us that had he known from the start what she was up to, he could have in fact saved her a great deal of time and effort by discretely pointing her in the right direction, having solved a similar mystery of physical science himself already.)

The young Elisha was rarely seen by the others of the class, keeping to herself in the fully equipped scientific laboratory she had partitioned off for herself in one corner of the classroom, near the Brandon B-Boxes and the Mike C-Cans (see other entries in this collection of writings). Once in a while, the results of her efforts would spill into the classroom proper, catching other members of the class unprepared, as was the case when a sudden flood of water came surging out, engulfing everyone with its quickness, forcing students up on tables and chairs as it rose to a depth of three feet (fortunately the Legendary Mr. Christopherson was already sprawled across his ample desk in his characteristic way, and thus remained unaware of the wetness lurking nearby since no one saw the necessity of interrupting his nap, though he was, of course, brought up to date on the incident later).

Another time, the classroom was drenched in a heavy downpour of water which came roaring from young Elisha's laboratory at ceiling level, filling in the airspace at the top of the room to a depth of three feet before finally dropping as one huge and heavy mass of water, crushing nearly everything below. Luckily, just as the flooding started, young Elisha came running our of her lab shouting, "Out, Everyone! We're gonna get hit by one heck of a big raindrop!" Thanks to her warning, the classroom was evacuated quickly and casualties were limited to the three sixth graders who were lurking in the hall outside, spying for their fellows in hopes of discovering what the world of “the big guys” might be like, and whose shorter legs and lower body mass resulted in their being swept away by the deluge. The Legendary Mr. Christopherson attempted to talk to the girl, explaining that repairs after all this water damage would have to come out of her $270,000 student project allotment. She quickly agreed, but would still not talk about the subject of her project.

One more public mishap occurred before the young Elisha had mastered her scientific methods. Students knew some­thing was about to happen that afternoon when the floor began to shake, windows began to rattle, and the humidity rose quickly to 300%. The automatic water alarms, which had been installed just after the last "Elisha incident," were triggered and began to sound their deafening undulating warning. Students and legendary teachers poured out of the buildings and rushed to climb the ladders provided to give quick access to the roofs where safety waited. However, this time it was the neighboring high school which caught the brunt of her water works, when a great, three foot thick sheet of water spurted horizon­tally from the window of her tiny lab, catching many an upper‑class student off guard and resulting in soaked shoes, sox, pants, and legs, and causing the dampening of many a high class disposition (this time, however, damages were not deducted from young Elisha's student allotment since the school board had been planning to have the grimy high school buildings and students thoroughly cleaned anyway, and she had just saved them the trouble and expense).

The Legendary Mr. Christopherson chuckled a bit as he prepared at last to reveal to us the true nature of young Elisha's experiments. As he put it, “I should have guessed it sooner, and I'm sure you have figured it out by now too, it's actually so obvious once one knows about the three great floods we experienced. This young genius clearly had been obsessed by that winter's Olympic games and was trying to bring the excitement of downhill snow skiing to the world of water‑skiing and was stymied by the fact that while water will run downhill, it wouldn't sit still on a hill and let skiers slide down it easily. But, taking the simple, straight forward, logical approach, she invented an anti‑gravity field which allowed her to place the water at whatever slant she desired; all of which has ultimately resulted in downhill water skiing events in the summer, as well as the winter, Olympics.”