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。 - b5 L8 _% J. a0 P) G& W! t6 i5 a8 Y/ M7 v
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’。”* M7 L/ n; }1 c" p' s Y6 E
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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.7 j+ V, |$ J& E( X# z( p# m
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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. 1 g D: W- b6 `, }6 _) b& `$ p1 f+ c
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. 8 q. g% F0 e, n( E+ x% u/ y0 w7 r. }$ ?1 H) m% r; z7 O- ]
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. ~, E+ X8 K& A3 O - S1 G" j9 I5 S; R2 e1 r% [/ x! S"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.# Z0 H4 Z4 c2 X) |4 W" r1 j
3 g. i" A( ~5 {$ K9 `+ B* x+ O, Q5 YThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
