This is a page from a diary written by an american boy in 1805. why is the mother happy about a wooden floor? in those times many country houses had an earth floor, which was swept every day. women sometimes made designs on the earth floor. a long stick was used for drawing, and the floor looked like a carpet. the"earth carpet" changed: on a birthday, for example, there was a birthday greeting near the fireplace. it was a lot of fun, but the family looked forward to having a hard, dry wooden floor. нужен перевод !
