The Storybook is a major piece of iconography in the Shrek franchise. Like traditional fairytales and other stories, it is meant to tell the tale of the series through elaborate illustrations. In the series, there are medieval art-inspired drawings often depicting the humans and monsters. The story told in the storybook opening by Shrek is as follows: Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess. But she had an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort. Which would only be broken by love's...
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