"Don't exaggerate," her mother said.
"Well, when I'm very, very thirsty," Aurelia added sheepishly.
Meg Doherty-Scannell of Maine was one of the Disney-like characters hired to entertain youngsters at the tea party.
But Doherty-Scanell, who was elaborately dressed as the Queen of Hearts, said she wasn't so sure that the children enjoyed her presence.
"I've just been scaring them," she said.