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。 & }* Y" `4 l9 g1 f* T; v! e& b+ O# }
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’。” * H# h* v, D$ T, V! {! n4 z) M, l! I$ ~" W2 v( r$ c
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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.5 l6 T Q7 d8 p! i5 b5 ^! |! J, E
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The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. 0 V' a( N& G, t. R( l; a ( |2 |( g' H4 u! M4 xA 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.* ` Y3 X3 S$ g$ e G4 J
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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. 3 E9 E! e# r" [! o; _# |6 q5 `' }. F
"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. 0 u" Q- \8 O" Z3 x- O2 u. | j( i& l6 u3 n
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
