but when she lifted the lid... by Anh

"Don't eat any chocolate biscuits while I'm shopping!" warned Mum. Lucy sighed. Every time her mum left Lucy alone, she would run to the biscuit jar and wolf down the lot. 

After a while of looking for handbags and cleaning coat stains, Lucy's mother left and as soon as she heard the door shut, Lucy leapt over to the tin. She needed to tiptoe in order of her tell-tale of a brother not to snitch. The tin was in front of her now and she was getting excited but when she lifted the lid all hell broke loose. 

"Beasts are taking over England!" a newsman said...

but when she lifted the lid.. by Talia

Jody was with her grand parents for the day. “ Why don’t we go clean out the basement?” said her granddad.
“Do we have to?”
“Yes.”
So Jody dragged her feet over to the basement door. Stood before her there was a wooden box she thought it was full of junk but when she lifted the lid. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing gorgeous gleaming diamonds. Jody rushed to her Granddad who was walking to the door.
“You won’t believe what I have found a box full of diamonds we are going to be rich!"
Aare you pulling my leg Jody Smith!”

but when she lifted the lid.. by Jake

The fifth element

In an alien like mine on mars three middle aged men were mining for the most rarest of gems, congou, but instead they found a sealed box!

So they got into their ships to bring it to the Federal Government on earth the professor examined it then he called his mistress to open it but when she lifted the lid open the professor screamed “this is the fifth element, the only species of its kind”. Then they put it in a human generator to rebuild it into its human form but when it formed it regenerated, not into a boy but a girl…

but when she lifted the lid.. by Leah

Pandora is a young woman who got married to a man named Epimetheus.  However, their relationship grew apart as Epimetheus had a box (Which you may know as Pandora’s Box). She would beg and plead for him to let her open it, but he would never give in. 

One day when Epimetheus was out, Pandora snuck over to the box, and lifted the lid, but when she lifted the lid, all the diseases  and poverty fell out. That’s where all the bad things in the world come from, and just because of Pandora and her greediness.

...but when she lifted the lid... by Tarne

My friend Lucy is very nice but she has this obsession with fish. One day I came up to her and

asked her if she wanted to play she said, “No, I’m going to get a bunny.”

“But I thought you liked fish?” I wondered.

“I do but my mum says that I have to get something else and you have already got a fish so I can come over to your house and adore yours!” as she walked away. 

Later that day Lucy came round to my house and she came over and went to the fish bowl, but when she lifted the lid!.....”Huh!” wet..

… but when she lifted the lid… by Leah

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Leah, she had an amazing Christmas last year. She had opened all her presents apart from the big one, so she picked it up and unwrapped the paper. But when she lifted the lid… there were just carrier bags and cardboard tubes.

“Oh great I got carrier bags for Christmas!”

As she rummaged through the carrier bags she found a shiny golden box…

“Yay, a box in a box!”

But little did she know it was a special box with an iPad air in it.

A truly amazing Christmas…..

...but when she lifted the lid... by Joshua

One day there lived a girl named Grace. She was very poor but very happy. She lived in a small cottage on the edge of London. One day she went up in her old loft to see if there was anything worth selling. She came across a brown dusty chest, she went over to take a closer look. When she went over and it seemed to be very dull, but when she lifted the lid she found that there was a million pounds inside and became a millionaire. She was absolutely gobsmacked. She then bought a bigger house and got to meet Queen Elizabeth the second.

...but when she lifted the lid... by Finlay

Caitlin was very bored wondering what to do? She decided to call for her best friend Lewis. Around the tight narrow corner was a huge dusty haunted house which had been there for ages and ages. Caitlin and Lewis had always wondered what was inside! They decided to go and investigate this haunted mansion. They sneaked around the back of the house and climbed over the broken fence wondering what was inside. There was a broken window so they climbed through! In the room was just a small box but when she lifted the lid there came a piercing squeal!

...but when she lifted the lid... by Romola

Smiling, Jasmine skipped to the car.

"So Jasmine what kind of pet do you want?" asked Mrs Finsen.

"I want...a...fish!" squealed Jasmine excitedly.

Now that Jasmine was seven her mum promised her a pet. It seemed like forever, but Jasmine finally arrived at the pet shop. At the end of looking, Jasmine found a gold fish. 

"There you go honey," said the pet shop owner calmly putting the fish food into a bag.

Jasmine took the fish home and was going to feed it for the first time, but when she lifted the lid the food jumped out of the pot and into the fish's mouth.