Musang likes it clean. In fact, he likes it so clean that he decides to stop being friends with the other animals who are just TOO messy for him. But one day, a dirty little shoe appears on his clean patch of grass, and he ends up going on a journey to find its owner, hoping to teach them a lesson! But he soon realizes that this isn't a journey he can take on his own, and finally learns that there is value in friendship in all its messiness after all...

Themes covered include tolerance for difference, social-emotional learning, friendship, kindness, and biodiversity (STEM). Includes educational backmatter on the Southeast Asian wildlife featured in the story - musang (Asian palm civet), banded leaf monkey, pied oriental hornbill, Malayan tapir, Malayan water monitor.