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。 - ?/ L1 v$ ^( D 8 m+ k$ R$ U7 G9 r5 E2 Z 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’。” + H. b _/ _7 W+ E0 H$ [ # L% M9 j# o3 G0 eParrot leads Irish police to thieves, e/ @3 F% x2 a# a0 S S
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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. ; n% R$ n) l0 h9 V/ r% U6 M* ^9 P& u) P+ [- `
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. % l; U, A1 J0 `' X4 h ~ - `3 l( w/ C' {& t( q3 U, {0 `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. 2 A2 @1 r5 _# F4 e4 b& E# @( t2 R) H
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. ; D! _: j% ^0 [ # b; V! \# ^6 A9 O. h! E"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. + n3 Y. c, x# P" G. S' w" f9 h; X9 {* t
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.