Prickles the cat, who likes to keep a spotless home, insists that Squeeky the mouse oust the dust bunnies he has befriended before The Big Cheese returns and finds them.
A little girl refuses to brush her hair, but when a team of mice takes up residence in her tangled locks, she faces a tough decision--to brush or not to brush.
Franklin the turtle searches his room desperately to find his cardboard sword so he can go play Knights in Armor with his friends, but his room is so messy he can't find it. His parents make a suggestion that will help young Franklin be cleaner and neater in the future.
When Tabitha's mother finally agrees her roller skate-loving daughter needn't bathe anymore, Tabitha finds she can no longer skate because green stuff is growing all over her and her skates.
Jessica, Elizabeth, and the rest of the Sweet Valley kids are looking forward to getting their pictures taken to send to their pen pals in Alaska, but disaster strikes at lunch.