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。 , ~( ]% G' n5 h1 i5 { g! g ! ^. z, v' {- S' ^9 T# i9 J 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’。”# z% w- S$ [7 U/ L5 R
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Parrot leads Irish police to thieves & C" w/ z' ]" n . d( i8 Z/ `1 S* ]/ @6 c) G0 FThe 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.+ h; x" D/ {- I' q8 l/ \8 F
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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. * h" _9 G0 b. h3 {' G: f* ]& r, s2 |& Y: N. O8 p# k
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. " Y; v7 T0 G8 |, l / Q1 g+ l V5 J z2 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. ! H7 n8 [; |/ x! V2 | ' g0 ~/ W1 d. q+ w& ~* O' z' H3 C"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.7 r4 {1 F N a! T, o
# M" T1 P) v! w# p+ j3 p( fThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
