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Princess Aurora was born a princess, but not just any princess, and not just to any parents. She was born a princess of Wonderland, and she was born to the King and Queen of Hearts.
So when Carabosse was not invited to the christening-the Queen, most citizens of Wonderland agreed was to blame, for she had been ordering people's heads off and not paying attention to the guest list-she still went ahead and cursed the princess, for she was a wicked fairy, after all. She had not been invited, and she would take it out on the princess.
The Queen of Hearts was furious, for in her own way, she loved her baby daughter, and the King was upset. The Queen's reaction was to order Carabosse's head cut off, but she vanished in a poof of smoke.
"Never again shall she show her face in Wonderland!'' the Queen proclaimed.
"That's very well, but what shall we do about our daughter? She's doomed to prick her finger on a spindle and die!'' the King spoke up.
Here the Lilac Fairy, the kindest and most well-loved fairy in all the kingdoms, stepped forward. ''She shall not die.''
The Queen and King both looked at her hopefully.
''How?'' the King asked.
"I cannot remove the curse from the princess, but I can alter it. Instead of dying, she shall sleep for a hundred years, and all the kingdom with her.''
''How will she wake up?'' the King asked.
"When she receives a kiss from her true love.'' the Lilac Fairy answered.
At this, the Queen said, ''Then when she is older, we had best get her married.''
So Aurora grew up beautiful and kind and graceful and compassionate-the Fairy of the Crystal Fountain had provided for that, considering her mother was prone to having heads removed.