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 срочно!