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。 & p) E6 `: H! I+ J" W) y! f: W+ @1 J6 ? N! l' X4 _! h! \5 i
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’。” , a: b4 r# T3 o' [( h, X' ]. U0 @' d0 E/ [4 _
Parrot leads Irish police to thieves ) b# J2 H. t6 |5 O2 H( F+ t " n7 ~# r" P2 zThe 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. % }4 x5 ]# W# C2 q I. t) _/ F2 O& K- K; ~$ y
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. ' T: m- n; C$ H [/ J 7 G+ J+ N" X' }9 pA 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.3 X- ]$ {6 X2 I+ Y( i* S
/ @+ ~. }% L) `! UCheeky 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. / }6 S9 ?6 u0 j: }! @7 c : g3 \- B( c+ M' T4 ]! A"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. + F2 ~) e! e/ U& _' q1 A; d0 h- \ 9 i7 {9 |) e. H5 G9 g' NThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
