Gutter Drain Pipe Clogged - Underground

The problem was the underground gutter drain pipe. He knew it was clogged—he just didn't know where.

On the fourth Sunday, after the sermon on "living waters," Sam snapped. He grabbed a shovel, a length of steel fishing tape, and a stubborn prayer. The downspout from the north gutter vanished into the earth beside the foundation. He knelt, peeled back the grate, and stuck his arm in up to the shoulder. Mud. Cold, packed, root-tangled mud. underground gutter drain pipe clogged

What came out was a history of neglect. A tennis ball, bleached white. A cascade of oak leaves, turned to black sludge. A nest of something—matted hair, twigs, the tiny bones of a shrew. And there, wedged like a cork in a wine bottle, a child's rubber duck, its beak chewed off by time. The problem was the underground gutter drain pipe