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。 ! m& J$ J& n* e9 y! B0 R9 h1 f9 I% I" L$ }
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’。”0 q7 A. _- f5 W+ W# o+ {
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Parrot leads Irish police to thieves 5 S* e/ Y9 X7 \2 O; \" r $ `4 g- z: Q. l" w F3 G" q# M) rThe 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. 0 j% A8 [* t# c0 ~7 P- K: G! ]: @ 4 \8 Y8 t& ^% y# H* ~The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night., Z/ [8 t2 Y9 @' Q* W
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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. # q- V0 ^3 D* u8 A0 f# C1 }6 w5 I `
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.0 q. S+ _6 n; x9 h! H' D" Z
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"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.' E1 V+ {- X% o' p7 l$ |$ u
5 L! r0 Z2 d. b# H- w" B- U2 JThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
