据爱尔兰媒体5月5日报道，爱尔兰一名男子从邻居家偷走了一只价值2000欧元的鹦鹉“奇奇”。没想到，这只13岁的小家伙被带到小偷家饲养后，竟然大喊“救命”（Help Me）。路人听到后随即报警，结果，闻讯上门的警方将小偷逮个正着，并将“奇奇”物归原主。 , Q# ^& F5 O' X8 N- y, _( g6 D8 F
2 X$ |( |0 e% N$ J* m, m8 O 看到宠物失而复得，主人一家激动不已。据女主人玛丽介绍，经过多年的训练，“奇奇”目前已经掌握了60至70个单词。玛丽说：“它可以像我们一样说话，它可以与你交谈，告诉你它多么爱你。只要看见我从门前经过，它就会喊‘玛丽’。” 5 Y$ g2 c2 u7 N+ O7 _; I; @6 r) K2 z/ B' O. R/ S+ k5 _* x1 D
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The cries of a parrot stolen from a house in the south-western Irish city of Limerick led police to the door of his thieves, a report in the Irish Examiner said on Friday.- O* r/ t a7 n+ j6 j
+ @( ^4 O" @1 L) H; T5 TThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.4 F5 f" g1 g" K0 a+ T! j& ?
, d; t! H5 b; S* WA passer-by alerted the police on hearing Cheeky's cries of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a house in St Mary's Park on Thursday, and armed officers then stormed the building and retrieved the bird. : E( F% \8 i2 R: h$ w( E7 i* t/ C% B0 B9 v
Cheeky flew from the cage he was being held in and out a back window, but was later recaught and returned to owners Brian and Mary Costello. 8 ?4 ?9 {! S+ n" b$ ? $ w2 {; K% F/ ?# t" ]) F8 o"He's like one of the family and is a great talker. We were devastated when he was taken while we were overnighting with friends," Brian told the Irish Examiner. + ~( g/ u0 m7 k% O7 c8 B8 }& [ " Q" i# g3 i1 u2 ?The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
