Steadman is a young, adventurous squirrel who loves to have fun getting dirty and playing outside in the fields of Freshy Forrest. Despite Momma Squirrel, Dr. Billy Bobcat, and his best friend, Rashawn Raccoon, telling him to take a bath before he goes to school for picture day. Steadman does not listen to them, and he learns a valuable lesson about bathing when he goes to school filthy and tries to take a picture with the very irritable Rema Rabbit.