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。 , J* |1 q. A% n4 C6 n, J; B* C4 e! T1 M8 L `9 T) l9 k) f$ P" [% H( B7 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’。” ! d1 k4 j# d9 }! W$ q5 x2 D, Q i3 H0 N
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- P! k6 D4 M" m* \$ ~$ |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. 9 ]8 |/ \& W3 Q, I7 |2 n* b( Z7 p$ F1 ~/ H, E" ^0 E
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. ' S! K* V, B J5 u" y/ Q8 d0 @3 A, z# r$ R1 |7 q
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. 7 {6 h i o7 T4 j' [8 l' X/ C - b. m8 k' X& ~ ?! Y# \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. * m. a9 `/ {1 |$ z9 m6 C9 z* T: x( ^3 P1 U7 j
"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. x* c! s; s2 C; Z }. ^/ [
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The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
