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。 ( ]0 e7 h2 W! r, U5 j' F4 y: f
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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’。”1 r/ I, L o& \8 s% H9 U
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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. 8 E& L& l1 l6 r" Z1 D4 o; |/ `& y/ s2 `5 [; ?/ S- `( M' C, r9 }: s
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. $ s' o, G) o5 J/ ~3 a! d7 S. e" j; a9 I2 H" L
A 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.9 @4 \1 l* Z/ }. G4 |) e
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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.$ k! z$ N7 {0 C$ }
; j6 ^/ a3 [) U/ k"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.1 P( y( _. }( a
. s4 o: J. @0 I q5 R0 y/ a9 HThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
