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。 ; t5 i3 e# K5 O F2 K( W' ] G- l, u
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’。” 8 n% L: Q, [1 ]5 G' X" X, K: d' q1 G
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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. / Z5 P: \+ B0 l R5 W* o% ] ) |. E' x1 X3 y0 X7 |' D5 {9 yThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.4 ~( Y- R( k4 q+ |, ]* C
* I$ L% K( l3 T3 g4 Y& m/ H+ T: P" 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.6 X: U7 [# d% W9 |; k$ i& ]6 `
, C0 Z5 B9 W1 {, w [' {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.+ H; P1 l4 k2 s1 l
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"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. ~8 [9 e# W. b8 E2 P8 e 6 D+ Z- a7 h, P. F3 QThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
