0 ]4 ?4 |7 @( r; A4 t/ [ 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’。”1 Y$ G# L% {% F4 h5 D4 T. Z
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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+ N1 o' \, v# H
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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. ( Q, b% U( d! Q- i/ D: N( c d. c ]: R2 u: ?7 ~3 V% 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.; i$ w% Y! e; I) \8 X" i7 m
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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.$ \2 j8 ^8 c* `
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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. * I, c5 ~5 R" c, h + H% t2 U y4 eThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
