While always spending his Summers in his dear Garrigue,future writer Marcel Pagnol is now on the way to the Baccalaureat (High School Diploma US).He ‘s got a good pal Lagneau (The Lamb) who of course infuriates the teachers when he “bleats” .He helps his buddy cope with his violent father .His studies are uneven then more successful.We see him solve a quadratic equation,do Latin and translate “the birds are singing in the trees” into French .