Shrek has a problem. The local fairy-tale children won't leave him alone-and they're driving him crazy. What's an ogre to do? Donkey has a plan: read the kids a story. Shrek agrees, but only if he can tell the story his way.
Shrek, his ogre sensibilities tested by the adoring fairy tale creatures that live near his swamp, decides to tell them his version of "Sleeping Beauty" in hopes they will go away.