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。 5 f3 c- b3 B$ |) V6 c
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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’。”6 x; j8 w9 P7 u9 O- T- f* d6 ]
/ n$ J7 |9 [+ k4 \; q; B; Z1 M3 K3 ^Parrot leads Irish police to thieves5 n$ q. g4 g. t' [' U
) `% D1 G; F- D; i0 LThe 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.& a7 F9 B) k _6 k1 U Q% B
$ l+ F8 C2 g* o. Z4 N8 k: G1 t; G; ]The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.( M" S" J$ w; k/ I" }+ p) S( Y
$ u3 {: v& R8 f% I/ T' N9 ?2 W2 }5 Q- QA 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 m) y- g0 P2 T2 T* y) m
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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. 8 C2 h. b6 M/ Y! s' O: G; @# v4 e. C4 C. X2 ^/ P7 P
"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. , s* W) g/ c$ ~7 L. b7 D# N1 l$ [1 E& l1 |7 J, E0 @- g
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
