COLOMBO: During Sri Lanka’s May floods, rescue crews in Kiriella, a small town in Ratnapura district, spotted a remarkable sight.
A middle-aged woman, trudging through waist-deep floodwater, clutched a rooster carefully above the torrent, while a small girl struggled to hold onto the woman’s waist, at times barely able to keep her head above water.
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