Breaching the Grate

Stirred past the fence into the dry drainage ditch. Sun scorched down on a thick plastic pipe choked tight with dry pinecones and dried silt. Grrr! Core spiked, heat hammering down into my front yellow limbs. I lunged forward on all fours, slamming my massive scoop claw straight into the blockage. Crack! Hollow cones shattered instantly beneath my bulk. Mud crusts split into gray dust under heavy momentum. I shoved deeper, raking the entire choked mass outward until the channel cleared and hollow iron groaned against gravel. Grrrrgh! Pathway opened wide.