My family and other animals

The sunny Corfu weather represents their happy life. Although they at first struggle with the transition, Corfu becomes their real home, with Gerald Durrell saying that he wouldn't have wished for his childhood to be any different. The following passage describes the carefree and idyllic life the Durrells enjoy in Corfu, singing in the sun: "What fools are we, eh? What fools, sitting her in the sun, singing."