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。 " a) r7 c$ Y9 w% a- l R* B8 G
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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’。”8 M& H ]! n# H2 X8 N$ [ l
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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. + P8 K9 @4 `7 ?) F$ [, N5 ] 9 g# X9 x1 ~' k' H7 ]% |& _7 DThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. " ^, z& u& f& |) S0 X- _+ R& b# M! ^- F. s
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. : |4 A0 G* h$ n% k2 ?5 X% c$ q% d9 ~& _5 k
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." v5 D% D* X( C, N# ~! _
n% w, B0 H" e"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. 2 _+ W7 P, H& _( { |( s6 }$ {. z) v- s' X( l" ?
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
