`` Everyone who should be asked , '' answered the queen . `` People are so touchy on these occasions , '' said his majesty . `` You have not forgotten any of our aunts ? '' `` No ; the old cats ! '' replied the queen ; for the king 's aunts were old-fashioned , and did not approve of her , and she knew it . `` They are very kind old ladies in their way , '' said the king ; `` and were nice to me when I was a boy . '' Then he waited a little , and remarked : `` The fairies , of course , you have invited ? It has always been usual , in our family , on an occasion like this ; and I think we have neglected them a little of late . '' `` How can you be so absurd ? '' cried the queen . `` How often must I tell you that there are no fairies ? And even if there were -- but , no matter ; pray let us drop the subject . '' `` They are very old friends of our family , my dear , that 's all , '' said the king timidly . `` Often and often they have been godmothers to us . One , in particular , was most kind and most serviceable to Cinderella I. , my own grandmother . '' `` Your grandmother ! '' interrupted her majesty . `` Fiddle-de-dee ! If anyone puts such nonsense into the head of my little Prigio -- '' But here the baby was brought in by the nurse , and the queen almost devoured it with kisses . And so the fairies were not invited !
It was an extraordinary thing , but none of the nobles could come XXXXX the christening party when they learned that the fairies had not been asked .
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