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。 2 e: r4 r! @' R" C L+ u8 Y 9 ]" L H5 c q 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’。”9 J4 r3 h7 e7 @: R5 y5 V/ @
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Parrot leads Irish police to thieves 6 {0 q4 v5 b" b! C% O 4 A/ n1 E# b; m: T' eThe 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. : u0 W- L8 I1 J f& D & J" `0 ?; \# `) ~+ H+ CThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.; N' H3 ^& k& O2 D0 v, A
6 u6 E0 r, O( R7 G7 X, NA 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. 8 L; p6 e7 y2 O @6 p$ k4 J! N; p+ M) ~1 e
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. $ [) L0 ^8 k. d0 Z0 q) @* Q0 n4 {% q5 ^1 _! Y5 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. ' s) U: f2 s0 e" A. |0 I/ ~ T' O9 C e# h! B* e
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
