Grace Meets Shrek

Chapter 4

Shrek, Donkey and Grace walked through the garden when Donkey said "Okay, let me get this straight, you gonna go fight a dragon and rescue a princess just so Farquaad'll give you back your swamp, which you only don't have 'cause he filled it full of freaks in the first place. Is that about right?"

"You know what? Maybe there's a good reason donkeys shouldn't talk" Shrek said

"I don't get it, Shrek, why don't you just pull some of that ogre stuff on him you know throttle him lay seize to his fortress" Donkey said "grind his bones to make your bread you know the whole ogre trip"

"Oh, I know, maybe I could have decapitated an entire village and put their heads on a pike, got a knife, cut open their spleen and drink their fluids" Shrek said "does that sound good to you?"

"Uh..... no not really, no" Donkey said

"Yeah, me neither" Grace said

"For your information, there's a lot more to ogres than people think" Shrek said

"Example?" Donkey asked

"Example... okay, uh... ogres are like onions!" Shrek said and holds up an onion, which Donkey sniffs

"They stink?" Donkey asked

"Yes... No!" Shrek said

"Oh, they make you cry?" Grace asked

"No!" Shrek said

"Oh, you leave 'em out in the sun, they get all brown, start sproutin' little white hairs..." Donkey said

"NO! Layers" Shrek explains as he peels an onion "onions have layers. Ogres have layers... You get it? We both have layers" he throws the onions to the ground and walks off

"Oh, you both have LAYERS. Oh. You know, not everybody like onions. CAKE! Everybody loves cake! Cakes have layers!"

"I don't care what everyone likes! Ogres are not like cakes" Shrek annoyed and walks off again

"You know what ELSE everybody likes? Parfaits! Have you ever met a person, you say, "Let's get some parfait," they say, Hell no, I don't like no parfait.? Parfaits are delicious!" Donkey said

"NO! You dense, irritating, miniature beast of burden!" Shrek said "ogres are like onions! End of story! Bye-bye! See ya later"

"Parfait's may be the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet!" Donkey said

"You know, I think I preferred your humming" Shrek said

"Do you have tissue or something? Cause I'm making a mess" Donkey said "just the word Parfait make me start slopping"

"Umm Grace, right?" Shrek asked

"Yes" she said

"You know Grace, you don't have to come with us, don't you have a family to go to" Shrek said "I bet they must be so worried about you right now"

Then Grace stopped and sat down on the ground when they noticed that

Donkey said "um Shrek?"

"What?" Shrek said with frustration

"She doesn't have a family" Donkey said

Shrek turns to Grace and said "is that true?"

She nodded

"Oh Grace, I'm sorry" Shrek apologizes "I didn't know"

"It's okay, I just don't want to talk about it" Grace said

"I understand, now why don't you tell us your story like how you got here and stuff" Shrek said

Then Grace told Shrek and Donkey about her story when they were traveling to the Dragon's Keep

As they were almost there, Donkey smelled something pretty nasty

"Whoa, Shrek, did you do that?" Donkey asked "man, you got to warn somebody before you crack one like that, my mouth was open and everything!"

"Donkey, if that was me, you'd be dead!" Shrek said and he sniffs "that's brimstone... we must be getting close"

"Yeah, right, brimstone. Don't be talking about no brimstone. I know what I smelled, it wasn't no brim and it didn't come off no stone neither..." Donkey said and they were climbing up the rocks

They went up on top, they saw a dark castle with a wobbly bridge with lava down below

"Sure it's big enough but look at the location" Shrek laughed and jumped over the rock

"Shrek, remember when you said that ogres have layers?" Donkey asked

"Oh, aye?" Shrek asked when he helped Grace off the rocks

"Well, I have a bit of a confession to make: donkeys don't have layers. We wear our fear right there on our sleeves" Donkey said

"Wait a second, donkeys don't have sleeves!" Shrek said

"You know what I mean" Donkey said

"Donkey, are you afraid of heights?" Grace asked

"No, I'm just uncomfortable about being on a rickety bridge over a boiling lake of lava!" Donkey said

"C'mon Donkey, Grace and I will right with ya, okay for an emotional support" Shrek said when he gets Grace on his back and she wraps her arms around his neck "we'll just tackle this thing together one little baby step at a time"

"Really?" Donkey asked

"Really really" Shrek said

"Okay, that makes me so much better" Donkey said

"Just keep moving and don't look down" Shrek said when they walking on the bridge

"I'm gonna close my eyes" Grace suggested and she shuts her eyes

Donkey kept saying to himself to not look down, as he step on the wood, it broke and fell

"Shrek, I'm looking down" Donkey scared "I can't do this, just let me off right now, please"

"But you're already halfway" Shrek said

"Yeah but I know that fat head to say" Donkey said

"Okay fine, I don't have time for this" Shrek annoyed "you go back"

But the bridge was so skinny, it's hard for Donkey to go make it back, then Shrek swing the bridge but it freaked out Donkey and told him not to do that

"Oh I'm sorry, do what?" Shrek sarcastic "oh this?" as he swings the bridge

"Yes that" Donkey said

"Yes? Yes, do it... okay" Shrek saod and he swings the bridge while Donkey keep telling him no, it made Donkey go backwards being scared ad then he realized that he's no longer on the bridge

Shrek went up to Donkey at the end of the bridge and puts Grace down "that'll do, Donkey. That'll do" and they went in the castle

"So where is this fire breathing pain in the neck anyway?" Donkey asked

"Inside, waiting for us to recue her" Shrek said

"Um Shrek? I think he was talking about the dragon" Grace said