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。 ' [1 A% x) W6 i3 o0 D' c# o0 S" J( u }. E# Y- \) w* F7 n: g n 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’。”$ w. E4 Y. Y& h) t# }% y# I
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Parrot leads Irish police to thieves , o9 p8 l3 W" u8 u . b2 b( P8 I) `1 X8 o0 O# ?, XThe 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. 5 V1 S2 M8 j# x2 t5 T 6 ]- j7 z( i& G! t' ~% s- nThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. ! I& D$ D7 c9 p3 G4 t# a6 S& p & b( p# z5 M, zA 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.2 `: f$ J" ?7 p0 I3 C5 Z
# ?* I# n2 c9 @5 kCheeky 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. 5 ~: g, N$ s: c2 M8 d! a & w+ V+ ?- H. l( p7 r# F) m6 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.- O& `" v/ S. i/ f0 i3 ~0 K& @
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The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
