[国际新闻] 聪明鹦鹉被偷走呼救命

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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。
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　　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’。”
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Parrot leads Irish police to thieves. l. y) C: w$ C5 P: _$ ]
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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.
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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.
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, s  R# _1 `$ H6 `8 |$ oA 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 Q3 x2 A5 ?) \/ L/ H

" L! N$ k' l/ y0 U. p4 ^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.! H% Z4 X8 E% U2 s

2 J2 b& n: v3 j0 V"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., \% w/ f9 `$ a; Q0 K1 X

6 U; _! ^' ]' r8 fThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.