Overview
In a saddening episode: Henry has bought tickets to the circus which is scheduled for the next day, May 9th. When Cherie starts acting strange and says she can't go to the circus, Punky remembers that Punky's diary says that Cherie acted the same way on May 9th of last year too. Punky wants to know why Cherie likes to be alone on May 9th of every year, so Punky decides to follow Cherie around on May 9th -- and discovers that May 9th is the anniversary of the day Cherie's parents, Ronald George Johnson and Elizabeth Marie Johnson, died in a car accident in 1981, and Cherie is still having problems coping with the tragedy, because she feels guilty, thinking that the accident was her fault because her parents were on their way to pick her up from school. Punky talks to Betty, who says that Cherie never talks about her parents, not even to Betty. Cherie has never even been to the cemetery where Ronald and Elizabeth were buried. Cherie has kept her feelings about the deaths all balled up in
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3 - 1Reading, Writing, and Rock & Roll October 30, 1987
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3 - 2Punky's Big Story November 02, 1987
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3 - 3Tons of Fun November 03, 1987
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3 - 4Divorce Anderson Style November 04, 1987
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3 - 5Beer & Buffalos Don't Mix November 05, 1987
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3 - 6Hands Across the Halls November 06, 1987
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3 - 7Open Door, Broken Heart (1) November 09, 1987
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3 - 8Open Door, Broken Heart (2) November 09, 1987
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3 - 9Best Friends November 10, 1987
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3 - 10It's a Dog's Life November 11, 1987
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3 - 11The Metamorphosis November 12, 1987
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3 - 12Fighting City Hall November 13, 1987
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3 - 13The Matchmaker November 13, 1987
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3 - 14My Fair Punky November 16, 1987
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3 - 15The Anniversary November 17, 1987
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3 - 16Tangled Web November 20, 1987
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3 - 17Punky's Porker November 25, 1987
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3 - 18This Spud's for You December 01, 1987
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3 - 19So Long, Studio December 02, 1987
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3 - 20Help Wanted December 03, 1987
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3 - 21Remember When December 04, 1987
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3 - 22Unhooking Henry December 07, 1987