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 }2 b$ }$ I4 m$ r' f6 y( g1 }. f2 v$ \+ [8 G1 v% [0 f- b
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’。” , g) O( J) W7 e$ y# o {) g+ C+ r$ ^+ ]+ k. t$ j0 ?+ D7 K
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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. 4 x" M* T& L9 b9 [1 ] a7 ] $ {9 p, a: y1 y! x! W. aThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night., T' w+ U2 x$ ? {" M3 @; U
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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.9 k9 y/ b, b, L6 R' s2 v/ U
! Z& @8 d! N& ~* e. E; kCheeky 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., s% O9 C" L* ]* X, u9 l
: Q, r1 n7 |. A8 a"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. - R. V) d5 D- J: r/ C) z" C ) M/ @6 P! y, ^3 r& Y# J( mThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
