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。 " S8 o$ y# e# v9 y/ t
8 f% H ]5 T9 J. }$ X$ u/ M 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’。” & R& u3 B( a) I, @/ u$ R o/ H- L. X1 ]! m/ U
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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.. R% t G0 p1 ~! H4 ^) d
* F9 w8 B$ Y% W7 l0 d$ kThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. 3 R& ^; t1 U- R& V" U! q: g, a! Y5 ~ A0 W
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. ) B3 S! {! c$ t: ~( i \# ~# A% X6 `6 W$ L# M' f
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.. F8 ^1 f7 u. m# X5 ?& ]
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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. ; g/ X" h; Z5 c' A, F: t3 V7 W/ c+ ]- R3 _0 J; @+ m
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
