…empty. What a surprise!…, Mason W

One day I sat on my bed alone. I felt a weird feeling like I was trying to find something. No, that’s not right like my soul was trying to find something... I don’t know. I went out to find this thing, but it just led me outside on to my lawn. I dug up a box it was empty. What a surprise all that work for nothing. But then I saw an opening in the box, so I pulled it and there was a map inside of it. It looked like it led to some temple or volcano!

…empty. What a surprise!…, Madi

The clock struck... “Ugghhh!” sighed Isabel; time to do the boring laundry. Isabel hated doing the laundry. What about all of the other things she could have done instead of waiting for the clothes to be ready. Things like: going to a friend’s; bike outside; go for a walk down to the shop. Well, anyway... Isabel strolled up, [as slow as a slimy slug] and looked inside the washing machine; she looked as though she had just knocked herself out! “It’s empty. What a surprise!” Her stupid mum played a trick on her and made her wait for nothing. “Ahhhhh!”

…empty. What a surprise!…, Joshua D

When I was outside of my beautiful house, which was new, checking out my dull garage filled with boxes. After that, I started to check out the massive boxes, but they were empty. What a surprise! I thought, I wondered why they were so enormous. Suddenly, I heard a massive thud, so I sprinted over - it was a sly fox. Quickly, I shut the garage door but just as it was about to touch the solid ground the fox skidded under; I was annoyed. Minutes passed, I looked in the others but again it was empty there was just dust and cobwebs.

…empty. What a surprise!…, Roxanne

“Alright, surrender the gold, Hook!” shouted Peter Pan – from beyond the sky’s shaded grey clouds.

“I’ll never give it to a young, and silly boy like you!” yapped Captain Hook, whilst his servant (Smee) looked through his rusted telescope to spot out Peter’s next move. Hook was very stubborn (and absolutely HATED Pan).

Hook rushed to his hammock and laid out the little treasure box he had stolen from Peter. He opened it roughly, with a fierce force, to find it... empty. What a surprise!

He yelled in anger “I’ll get you Pan!” .... whilst hearing him laughing in the distance.

…empty. What a surprise!…, Faith P

My dog Toby has been acting a little different for a while now, I started to think he was getting lonely or even ill. Every time I went in the kitchen he runs and hides, I was so suspicious, I needed to get to the bottom of this.

I went to the kitchen, the door of the cupboard, where his treats were kept away from him, was slightly open. I opened the cupboard door, a packet fell out, empty! What a surprise, Toby had eaten them all. I looked over at him, he ran and laid on his bed. No more treats.

…empty. What a surprise!…, Lilly-Ella

It was Christmas Eve, and two siblings had just fallen out with each other. Why? You may ask, because they both wanted to listen to the same cd in their own room. Unfortunately, they only owned one CD player.

The next day, they had still not made up, besides that they were both sat downstairs next to the tree opening presents, when Lola began opening her present from her sister. She realised it was... empty. "What a surprise," Lola said miserably. “That was the wrong box,” Lola's sister said as she gave Lola a big hug. They had made up!

…empty. What a surprise!…, Fatima

Drip, drop. Drip, drop. The rain spat from the dull, grey sky. The house was empty. What a surprise! They’d all left to go to a sunnier country and left me here. Why me? I am not that bad. Drip, drop. Drip, drop. The rain wasn’t stopping, it just got heavier. Why me? I thought to myself again. How could they just leave me here; I can’t drive, I can hardly cook, and so on. Maybe I am just so useless they couldn’t be bothered to take me. What am I supposed to do now? I am just so unlucky.

…empty. What a surprise!…, Kaitlin

I hate it when mum is ill. She thinks I'm a slave. All she ever tells me to do is make her a coffee or tea and bring the biscuits. Today I had had enough. I was going to prank her.  I went upstairs to see if mum wanted to have a tea or coffee. She wanted a caramel coffee. Quickly, I rushed down the stairs and made it. I grabbed the drink and the biscuit tin and went back up. She took a sip, it had salt in. Rapidly she opened the biscuit tin. It was empty. What a surprise!         

…empty. What a surprise!…, Jessica

The room was completely empty. What a surprise! Not a sound broke though the silence. Everything had gone, no chairs, no photos, no toys not even a curtain at the window, just a lonely spider crawling down the wall. Something was very wrong about this room, it felt cold and misty. As I walked slowly into the room, I could smell the rust from the cold radiator which had been leaking over the past year. A cold shiver ran through my spine as I took a deep breath of the rusty air. “BANG!” the door slammed shut...

Who was that???

…empty. What a surprise!…, Anissa

On a miserable, cold day, a girl called Faith was playing outside in her garden. A friend called Lilly came over to play with her. They decided to play in Faith’s sandpit, but it looked different - really empty. What a surprise! All of her family came over and shouted, “Surprise!” She felt so surprised and really happy. Her family hid the toys on purpose just to make her feel different. They made a surprise into a party with all her family and some friends. The cake, which they were eating, tasted really delicious and creamy. This was an amazing day.

…empty. What a surprise!… by Tom

Last week, a strange parcel arrived on my doorstep. I was anxious to open it since it wasn't the postman who delivered it. I knew that because it was Sunday and the postman doesn't deliver on a Sunday. I opened it reluctantly then said, “Oh! It's empty. What a surprise!” Then I noticed a dent in the bottom of the box and a note that said, 'Step inside'. So, I did what it said, and I fell into a hidden room under the house. I honestly can't remember anything else that happened. All I remember is that it wasn't fun....