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。 3 A2 M# X( Z' t3 |/ o4 c
# x+ s7 s/ [- I" z- i6 u 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’。”- f8 g i* u2 v7 X& f
( W; E4 `3 O; M7 eParrot leads Irish police to thieves ; G1 U/ u+ a) H$ \6 W8 }9 l4 Q 6 F& I8 P3 [: ]; b; lThe 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.1 k$ B6 F: H7 h! i) v
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The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.4 _& u- \! ~$ [3 Q# j
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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.) ]' R) p( ^* z1 O
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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.! \3 B" {/ B7 E8 u
! @# I' s: t) y6 s"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. 4 c/ {0 ?# ^3 N, O , J3 f% n9 m* r1 E5 f% iThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
