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。 1 E4 c5 c# b9 c; `$ w
- h3 C( B; Z# l; U, M2 v1 d3 v 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’。”# L- E* [, B7 p; P
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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. # h6 }; l8 o& k: m" y) Q 2 T: L' r6 O+ ?5 m! o. v. fThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. j$ B, }5 x* L/ R" q
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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.% a0 t2 N7 G; W% p8 t b" c ~
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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.* p$ Y. q0 M/ Q9 r% H) H
0 X# g% K1 ]# a5 X8 R% w0 K" i9 p) m"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.% e$ P w: M3 E g) f' N
2 t3 B- k: [$ h6 M4 pThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
