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。 * x9 v8 \; t6 q) S. N8 M& I! T
( l2 M+ y# N# K& Y# g. \3 S; V 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’。”0 u! s( g% n, M; k8 J( a2 L
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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. % {6 T2 Y) k0 {* ]4 T8 G5 ~, c4 k: Q, h2 N# n) Z
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. $ E# c0 `7 ^9 {8 ?! ?0 s / A+ m! I4 O. J9 O. V6 ~4 gA 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. " H, {' |! K P1 t( {% z( L + c8 P0 C( A/ Y0 ~' J0 _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. + _& s- T( J1 l5 O 7 O6 p: Q% y- G% z) h"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.3 K" v1 m `& k( y
* C1 ?* ]; U4 ?! TThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
