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。 3 Y6 {7 j2 s0 R; p1 j7 @( c2 g7 i5 N6 O: q9 J- e' G
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’。” " D2 h5 y* n+ x4 H. C7 r* c 5 d9 x3 f% G/ G1 U- ^4 ZParrot leads Irish police to thieves * Z( r' f$ q$ F* ?% M : Y, ]9 n' x4 n! ~3 MThe 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.; O2 L5 w' V) p" ~" h+ F1 q% ^
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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 i5 C2 u" ~1 K0 R% V
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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 L% T5 Y s" q4 G( a% C$ x/ ] 0 t: _ B0 j3 t' \# Z; oCheeky 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, U0 _/ ^! v. {. B1 I! e # C- l5 ?+ ?' m5 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., Z" v2 N+ m* S1 }( s
0 J; D; Z# J- s) OThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
