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。 : A+ Z- v5 P, ]6 c; i
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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’。”: ^& v* _9 ^, h, N, R, p
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Parrot leads Irish police to thieves J$ g/ E* o: d" Y) [0 h4 n! ]( @. X. j, Z% J Z$ {7 y) a
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.. Q3 p+ g2 f5 P' y
) }$ [# U3 H$ T* p1 vThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.' M1 d, @* M4 J" U
1 V+ a" U, c! x7 ^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. ( X/ C, U" j7 L- `* ^ 4 ]+ _8 I) _# r0 V8 LCheeky 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. # O4 O$ P' t I" F8 q+ V N, A; c: q* U3 W
"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. ! A/ A8 Q: i% S* E% J% I6 S$ Q, z9 d% `7 D) |
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
