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。 2 m. Y% K3 l0 `* W
& i% U L6 M' J$ `/ S" [ 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’。” - {' O! r7 w% S3 D0 T5 k1 j: c( y: ^ U
Parrot leads Irish police to thieves 4 `$ l% N; l3 ?; L- B 0 _' b: \; `: Z( M1 n* Z% G0 ^: ZThe 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.7 j6 O* Z) S% h7 k0 V3 S
3 Y" E0 u4 F" J6 [; \! yThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night., W% c% f/ u/ @9 h6 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. 3 K* d- V- J3 T5 q g" L- ? - N& y( x: X$ E H8 YCheeky 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. ; I; w9 ^! `7 E% z " e& v) `! B; t) z! [! \"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. & O# Z! N: D+ X - q6 f: @, E d8 P! i: OThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
