Fourth-grader Frankie Piccolini has a vivid imagination when it comes to cleaning his disastrously messy room, but eventually even he decides that it is just too dirty.
Angry at what Goldilocks has done to their house, the three bears decide to get back at her by messing up her house, but they make an unfortunate mistake.
When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty he turns into a black dog with white spots--and his family does not recognize him.
At first Henry's very neat cousin doesn't like the cookies from under his bed or Mudge's slobbery kisses, but when they all play frisbee, she begins to enjoy her visit.
Oliver and Mucky Duck, a duck who lives in the garden pond, have trouble staying clean because they love to do things like playing football and painting.
When a fox cleans his den to prepare for a visit from his uncle, his trash inadvertently makes the rounds of the homes of other animals before ending up right back where it began.