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。 7 u* e1 Z2 _! i
$ q3 T/ W* k6 i 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’。” ?5 J; |# K4 k6 |% A' b2 h0 }- m2 [/ f' O4 R0 _6 f2 c! B: E
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/ L+ W' i% T' q$ PThe 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.% l y- d% f% }) b/ P3 h" Y4 I7 y
0 ^! V! H- \' U+ n" O) hThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.- f# i' [! W; X$ _
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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.9 k0 D) \2 ?# p, n$ w, l
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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. % q" ~# c! L, z$ E 3 Z$ A. a9 x, |, H, 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.0 w* a4 T* L1 E" N) B3 G* |7 B
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The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
