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。 - L: {6 c) b( |) ~
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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’。” , T; T. F5 u. n; V! T! a4 x ; k5 q* B6 b D, u* LParrot leads Irish police to thieves% g$ i, n E9 A3 e" h
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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. 7 n9 V1 |/ V F5 X7 s% V% m4 P9 H1 S y
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.# G9 u* F% x; e
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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.7 o- }' H1 s5 G/ Z% y4 p
3 E, `& e! P- Z1 C" ECheeky 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.2 U# y) B* W! b4 v" t% J( L
P8 i y% v e$ a1 ]" x- U"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. + k$ d' `/ [5 G" q: b4 O" Z; B& q, {- X! ]+ n. W2 @8 d
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
