Told in short statements (Before school. Noon. After school.) and mostly set in one room, Splotch shows a boy s love of his pet fish, Splotch (so named for the distinctive splotch on his body). One day After school, the fishbowl is empty! The boy is sure that Splotch has been fish-napped or mabe taken by aliens. His mother knows better. Or more accurately, worse.