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。 9 T' Y7 r: m& t( n2 r# H X$ \) W6 ] 7 e/ u6 X e# x6 A 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’。”% Y5 Y7 S+ d5 I4 Q
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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.! X- Z; N0 A5 E, J; J
, E6 `2 r* y& a5 nThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.! K- P2 K4 v0 y) J! j; m9 @& P: u+ t; Z
# }7 J6 ?- X( l6 N0 A& AA 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. : J5 K# l/ C, @4 Q- G: h* A. R & z: k. c: Q* v6 C! mCheeky 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. * X* t& A0 i% z+ e; u: S) Q9 D3 i0 y( _8 E1 `8 [' T
"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. $ A2 {( H% |+ K/ K# T6 w% f, p! U& ]1 @& J4 J
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
