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。 4 e: D8 o& n* y) H
$ j5 h) A+ i: X( z4 ~- X0 D 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 A F# U! @4 }+ Z1 R; |
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' f0 ^0 Z8 {% p9 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. 3 X% ]6 m6 }4 ~5 h9 Y/ L7 \& I : z/ P o( S1 y5 T5 |. uThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.- x9 S2 T' i, g. k. ] V1 @5 K
% p- s8 M( ?: n, cA 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+ k: u/ C# Q5 o* ]9 m( ^9 S A: x1 R; j# m# M
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. 8 j' d( ~+ |2 ?$ s5 ]2 v/ s5 k- E; |' R9 r
"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. 5 c$ W7 e# |# ~$ @8 c3 C) ]3 F8 J5 r
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
