The Smeds and the Smoos

On a planet far, far away live two very different families of Martians: the Smeds and the Smoos. The Smeds have duck feet and weird hair, sleep in beds, and like to play in water, drink pink milk and eat brown bread. In contrast, the Smoos always wear shoes because they like to jump all the time, sleep in holes, eat green stew, and drink black tea. The two families don't get along and never, ever play together. In fact, it is forbidden.

Janet is a Smed who, bored of always playing in the water, finds herself in the Enchanted Forest with Bill, a Smoos who is sick of always jumping down the hill. Janet and Bill fall in love, but when their families find out, they are very angry. They remind them of what they already know: Smeds and Smoos can never, ever play together! But Janet and Bill love each other very much and want to be together even though their love is forbidden, so they continue to see each other in secret until they decide that the only way for them to have a future together is to run away from the planet in a rocketship.

Bill and Janet and Other Martian Chronicles' is a fun modern adaptation of the Romeo and Juliet classic to instill the values of acceptance and tolerance of diversity through Martians and spaceships in the youngest in the family.