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。 & Z4 J$ n1 M" }% A4 r( c: U2 u ' B" h/ B9 I# w( T4 u3 L 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’。” * w+ n1 C7 M* A/ o7 G( t' _' H: {3 b, w$ R( P$ K: d
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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. 3 S9 p- C# [, T3 E6 H9 o ! H& {7 A: @ R" M8 I2 \4 aThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. ( d: O! I: Y# D$ ^9 f# u, |" [4 R- n1 z4 O0 Q) m
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.# a2 W# J6 }/ v8 E
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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.* v& Z, y! u- b0 d
+ E4 D( K4 q4 L# B5 m0 q( g"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. 5 I' I# U+ M0 F% z, I! H& U. ^ H0 U( S) K+ |2 Z) v
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
