Disclaimer: All characters are copyright of the people who made Shrek. Dreamworks, I think?
Revised as of 16 September 2007.
Donkey: A Life before Shrek
By Running Out of Ink
"It's a boy!" cried the doctor as he handed the newborn donkey over to his parents, Obadiah and Marge Donkey. Marge looked down at her little baby boy.
"He has his father's eyes-," Marge said.
"Where am I? Put me down this instant! Hey, anyone know where I can get some parfait?" shouted the baby donkey.
"-And his father's BIG mouth," Marge added. Obadiah and Marge were filing for a divorce.
That night, after the baby donkey had been put to sleep, an old lady snuck through the window to his room and snatched it from his crib. Unfortunately for her, she didn't know what she was in for. Here she had thought she would get a donkey to use for work, instead she awoke the next morning to the sound of yelling.
"Where is my mom? I want my mommy!" screamed the donkey, scanning the room for his parents. Where his toys should have been, there was a rocking chair. Where his mother should have been, there was an old woman. Where his parfait should have been there was- "Cake! Give me cake! I'll scream more if you don't give me cake!"
Thus began Donkey's life. For two years he lived alone with the old lady, until one day a visitor came to see them. You see, the old lady was trying to sell donkey, but no one had the money to buy a donkey, let alone a talking one. Times were rough then. Lord Farquaad had increased taxes on everything from magic beans to fairy dust. Food became hard to come by and one day a notice went up. It simply said:
"Wanted: All Fairytale creatures. Reward."
That caught the old lady's eye. She could sure do with some extra money and Donkey had been increasingly annoying over the past month or so. So, one day she told Donkey they were going on a trip. She took him to the nearest "station" to get her reward and… well… you know the rest of the story.