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。 " L3 T0 z& M' `% {0 l
4 T6 G+ }% M- s8 i& \9 ? 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’。” , F5 n. N0 L& G; h7 t; s! V . Q; d7 |& U3 [4 d/ IParrot leads Irish police to thieves $ D1 {3 K8 ]" n: E% Q * o [/ c/ r* G7 S% \. qThe 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. " B3 H1 u& L( V, y0 D% j1 C& [$ X
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. 8 I; @- o1 [$ W4 x % P9 ]* K' X" k- ?, }- sA 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.1 |) ?5 m% K. G+ s4 |
, a0 l; J) S, {0 p% ICheeky 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 I8 N: x: \. W' V2 y4 l" t/ [2 w# Z6 y4 j# H
"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.% I* A8 W! |+ o
$ a) m p! }" `6 GThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
