Dark They Were & Golden Eyed by Ray Bradbury

"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was originally published in the magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories in August 1949, under the title "The Naming of Names". It was subsequently included in the short-story collections A Medicine for Melancholy and S Is for Space.

The story takes place on Mars in the near future, as is the case with many of Ray Bradbury's stories.

Plot summary
In the midst of a war on Earth, a spaceport in New York sends a group of colonists to establish a settlement on Mars. The Bittering family, composed of father Harry, mother Cora, and their children Dan (referred to as Tim in some versions), Laura, and David, arrives as part of the few colonists chosen for the first wave. Harry is initially disquieted by the Martian environment, but he takes comfort in the fact that the family can return to Earth when resupply ships arrive.