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。 + V- J/ _6 W+ {* G- @+ l+ A/ p1 [1 G: G( N: 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’。” ; T" M d2 C( P4 r2 A' a# g2 E9 W+ U7 [, i$ X* ~
Parrot leads Irish police to thieves * c5 I9 B7 u" G: ?/ u! g, b+ ?! z & o" B2 _, C1 Z7 q& K8 Y4 sThe 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. $ z2 {! E: H! q5 @6 u/ |% f- V; G5 L3 P1 G5 C' ]: @$ g1 }
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.* @8 _4 ~- {8 H' t9 e6 p$ E
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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.- w5 G$ k6 E; I% Q8 A# S
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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. 4 u: c2 a5 C# r9 o) V& z' |) P3 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." Z. T# L" E3 `4 y' }
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The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
