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。 . L4 |; d/ ~/ q; i7 `- W2 H! a1 s( k0 e4 c! l1 m' h
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’。” : @6 J. {( _) V0 s : K+ O, P- j& A; P2 w# M6 }, u G) m; CParrot leads Irish police to thieves2 f1 q/ ]6 }1 C3 n* N7 N
: D1 Z8 c4 R* D4 q) C6 Z2 f5 Y. p8 DThe 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+ |- K- W7 S" Y/ i T6 C F0 _- ]3 ?3 p! ?: N2 |The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.. X- |1 d2 ?5 |) E* m( h! Z9 g- n
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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.# m/ J7 i0 Z2 X J1 |! T" ^0 u7 b9 N
! _5 l5 l' A R5 l3 sCheeky 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. - H+ O* \8 v8 \% ~ [! w2 }; }/ x ' f; l& o; e# B"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.3 g* v1 Z! O5 l
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The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
