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Maybe the world is blind or just a little unkind.

Don't know.

Seems you can't be sure of anything anymore.

Although.

if I looked like this.

No.

Now, finish eating.

I'm late.

Got a hot date after work?

No, today's the day I photograph Andre Tuckstein, conductor of the Chicago

Metropolitan Symphony.

Wow.

Wow, indeed.

Now, eat your toast and get to school.

When you're finished, remember to floss.

Henry, have you reconsidered what we talked about last night?

Funky, for the last time.

I will not allow you to see slime wars in space.

That movie is too scary.

Henry, you know how much I want to be an astronaut. I need to know about space

travel and science.

But that movie is about slime.

Oh, I get it. You're prejudiced against slime.

Boy, you live with a person you think you know him.

Gee, they try to con you and it doesn't work.

And if absolutely every single one of your friends wanted to jump off the

State Building, would you do the same?

Only if you don't let me see that movie.

How do underage children get to see an R -rated movie anyway?

Their parents take them.

Oh. Well, here's one parent who will not kowtow to this national lust for horror

and violence.

So you'll think it over?

And that's final.

Bye, Mr. Warnemont.

Bye, Mr.

Warnemont.

Ready to go, Punky? Get off my back, okay?

Uh -oh. Looks like we have a blue -collar temper tantrum.

What was your favorite part?

is a good chance I'll get sick anyway.

But I still think it's wise.

It's helping a friend.

I'd do it for you.

Well, okay.

Great. Wait a minute, Margo.

Once I get to the movie, how am I going to get in with that?

I love you.

When will you go out with me?

Great. It's a date. I'll see you February 31st.

One adult, please.

Oh, yeah? Where?

Right here, sonny.

Hang on, Darlene.

Excuse me, ma 'am, but could you please lift up that veil?

What for?

Because it's my job to make sure everyone's over 18.

Why, you young whippersnapper!

I was fighting for the French Underground 20 years before you were

That's right.

You baby boomers tick me off.

I'm sorry, but it was just that your height... Are you saying I'm short?

I'll be right with you.

That'll be $5, ma 'am.

That's more like it, young man.

You're a little short. What?

I meant you owe me another quarter.

Oh, sorry.

Here you go.

There's your ticket. The next show starts in seven minutes.

Thank you very much.

Darlene, how about I come over to your place after work tonight? The goobers

on me.

Now, Mr. Dockstein, just strike a natural pose.

Sir, that pose looks a little forced.

You're right.

What about this?

Yes, this is Punky's father. Who is this?

Oh, Nurse Purse.

Well, this is Wednesday, and it's Sloppy Joe's for lunch, so I'm not surprised

she's sick.

Thank you for letting me know.

Mr. Sockstein, I'm sorry, something's come up.

I have to call home.

What are you, E .T.? I'm worried about my little girl. She was sent home sick

from school.

There's no answer.

What is the big mystery?

She is obviously too thick to answer the phone.

Now, I think this pause is very natural.

Look, I'm very worried about my daughter.

I have to make sure that she's okay.

I know. Why don't I reschedule you?

I have no time to reschedule. You shoot me now or shoot me never.

Sir, I would very much like to shoot you.

But my daughter is more important than any job.

Just practice being natural.

Great.

Henry's leaving.

He'll never catch me now.

We'll be back with more Punky Brewster.

You had no business sneaking in here in the first place.

But I didn't sneak in. I bought the ticket.

Did you?

Goodbye, Darlene.

Claude.

Did you sell this child the ticket?

Yeah, but that's not a child. That lady was a fighter for the French

Underground.

Oh, really?

That's right. My co -name is Crepe Suzette.

This is obviously a child. Any idiot could see that.

Well, I don't know. I missed it.

You're fired, Claude.

Fired? Does this mean I lose my Cooper discount?

Turn in your tie and get out.

Please, sir, don't fire him.

It wasn't his fault. It wasn't? Whose fault was it?

It was mine.

All customers always right. Go home, Claude.

at the cleaner's. See, I didn't expect to come out before five.

Here, wear this.

At least that way no one will know who you are.

Please, sir.

I just wanted to see the movie.

We're going to have a fire.

She's not in her bedroom.

Is there a note on the refrigerator?

No, but I guess she just isn't home yet.

Where could she be?

Henry, did you ever stop to think that she could be playing hooky?

Punky wouldn't do that.

Would she?

Well, she's never done it before.

Has she?

Oh, I know my daughter.

She's too honest for that. I'd better call the police.

Hi, Grandma.

What's going on?

Shh. Sit down.

Punky's missing and Henry's calling the police.

Uh, oh.

There's something I gotta do.

What? Leave.

Freeze.

Get yourself back here.

Sit down, child.

A key witness has just arrived.

Cherry, do you know where Panky is?

You told Nurse first that she went home sick.

Can you tell me how sick she was?

Gee, that's sort of hard to say.

You know, first she turned kind of green.

Then she changed to a pale yellow.

Was this before or after she saw the nurse?

I'm not sure.

Stand up.

Now, Cherry, do you know where Punky is?

I respectfully refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I'll get

grounded. And I respectfully demand you answer that question on the grounds that

I have a hairbrush and I'm not afraid to use it.

Uh, look, I just can't tell you where Punky is.

Why not?

Because she might not be there anymore.

Slime. No, wait a minute.

She may be covering for Punky, but there's no need for name -calling. No.

Oh, no, I'm talking about a movie Punky wanted to see. Slime something.

You mean Slime Wars in Space? That's it.

Oh, a terrible movie. I should never have taken care to see it.

Every time I close my eyes, I see slug brothers.

Punky, go see that movie.

Cherry, listen to me.

What Punky did was wrong.

And asking you to lie for her was wrong.

I know.

Come on, Cherry.

You and I are going upstairs and have a long talk about honesty.

Uh, are you gonna punish me?

Yeah. How?

Remember what happened to the baby drubber wall?

You're home early.

Yes. I had a short but hectic day.

I had to cancel my session with Andre Sockstein.

Oh, too bad.

Don't you want to know why?

Sure.

I received a call from Nurse Purse.

She told me you got sick and had to leave school.

Sick? Oh, yeah.

But when I got home, you weren't here.

That's because when I got home, I felt much better, so I decided to go back to

school.

And why didn't you?

Uh, because on the way, I ran into a dog.

I mean, I saw someone else run into a dog with a car.

And they just drove away, so I had to go and see if the dog was okay.

And was he?

Yes.

I mean, no.

Well, yes and no. See, when I tried to get near it, it ran away.

That dog ran away.

Well, not really running, limping.

I see.

And where did this hurt, fast, limping dog go?

Up a tree.

A hurt, fast, limping dog climbed a tree.

Did I say dog? I meant cat.

A doggone cat.

With big, floppy ears like a dog.

A cat with big, floppy ears like a dog stuck in a tree. Right.

It was making a sort of meowing barking sound.

because, you see, it wasn't really a tree. It was a telephone pole, and I had

climbed up down into the wires, called the firing bombardment, and by the time

65 came to their path, I learned that these lines weren't in space.

We get to the group.

Yeah, I've been lying all day.

One lie led to two lies, two led to five, five led to nine, nine became more

than that.

That's what happens when you lie, Punky.

You have to keep on lying.

They multiply faster than slime.

Boy, I'm glad that's over with.

Do you see the damage you caused?

I lost an account. I almost had the police looking for you.

Do you know how scared I was when I got home and you went here?

I'm sorry, Henry.

And poor Cherry's being punished because she lied for you.

She is?

I don't mean for that to happen.

That's another thing about lies, Punky.

can get innocent people into trouble.

Like Claude.

Claude. Is he one of the Slug Brothers?

No, the ticket seller at the movies.

He got fired because he let me in. I told the manager to rehire him.

Did he?

Yeah, but I had a promise that I would sweep up the theater every day for a

month.

Well, look on the bright side.

It's a clean sweep from the theater to my studio.

I'll be cleaning up there, too.

Oh, yes.

Until you pay back what I lost on the Sockstein poster.

Do I have to work on weekends?

No.

On weekends, you'll be helping Cherry rake leaves in the backyard.

I realized I had it coming to me.

You know what the worst part was?

What's that?

The feeling I had when I was telling those lies.

Icky. Creepy, slimy.

That's called guilt.

Yeah, they got a whole gut full of it.

So, why don't you go to your bedroom and think about what you did?

Yes, sir.

Henry, how long will it take me to pay you back?

Well, let's see.

$2 .50 an hour, five days a week, and...

About six months.

Is it too soon to ask for a raise?