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。 9 v, v o5 O. ?( b- r; k% i
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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’。”# g7 u6 t" b& b- t! e+ e4 f/ n4 L
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Parrot leads Irish police to thieves * h& Z4 m) j. k7 ]7 u8 @: R " m' Y2 [0 j+ R- b$ oThe 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. ' c5 V& s, {5 g! w3 s: g4 L # s, e+ B6 C% }+ ~The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. - V3 _" h- v' s1 t& e: f2 U# R0 y& J& h1 r# H! K2 |3 k9 t
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.; x; z8 u* r* d. b
) P! _3 N4 P ]8 n5 [( XCheeky 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.0 H4 f S8 k& @5 V
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"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.& p) l6 S* E. ^0 K
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The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
