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。 7 I" j+ K* r8 a0 Z' w2 R7 N 8 o7 N6 C( B, U. n& w 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’。” ^) Z2 c5 w- S* P: e. M8 }
& T: n S& Y, a0 D/ wParrot leads Irish police to thieves 3 r# K9 n5 m/ i / R; |) A/ i* [3 h$ @1 tThe 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. $ C% p2 w; H: O3 a" |: b b5 P3 P0 E+ V, U _2 NThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.1 t6 l5 B5 D2 M; m
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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. 0 ~# ?" H8 T+ W( @3 Z2 P- ^. e% h* Y( x7 ~/ s+ V& F7 Q
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. C! u5 @% u) T7 }* o1 N0 M% G7 S5 }4 t; Z
"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. 4 b3 Q7 Z J! W) o) f- ~5 F4 k/ m3 y6 S
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
