Sewer Project Part III

      “Bloop, bloop, burble,” went the sink drain.  Someone was taking a shower upstairs.

      “Oh,” thought Granddad.  “That drain pipe has plugged up again.  Dang!”*

     Granddad told everybody, “Don’t run water down the drains.  Don’t flush the terlet.”

      It had taken a long time to fill the hole and the tunnel.

     Granddad thought, “Oh no, I will have to dig that all out again.”  He got a wrench and some buckets.  He had to turn the big plug in the pipe  to let the water out slowly.

     Up the stairs went buckets of water.  The water went on the dry grass. 

     It took several trips up the stairs to get the water out of the pipe.  Then Granddad took the plug all the way out.

     He put on the heavy leather gloves.

     He took the cable out of the machine and pushed it into the pipe.

     He stepped on the switch that turned the machine on.

        Around and around went the cable as Granddad pushed it into the pipe.  He pulled the cable out.  The cable had many tree roots wrapped around it.  It took a long time to get the roots off the cable.

      Granddad put the cable into the pipe a few more times.  He got no more roots.

      Next, he put a hose onto the water heater drain. 

     He put the hose into the pipe.  He turned on the water.  The water ran down the pipe.  The pipe was open again.

     Granddad screwed the plug back into the pipe.  He put the tools away.  He put the hose away.  It was time to fix Sunday morning breakfast.

*Some words have been changed to protect the innocent.