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。 % {! g# y* \& [ x 6 c( y$ ]3 |0 Y# D0 s6 }. E 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 D1 x, |! c( T9 W
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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. `! p9 y, B+ C
% f9 q4 ^9 b. R5 X0 H* IThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.2 Y9 @) a1 G: P! l+ d
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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. . s7 a9 ~- q3 \% { ' a# [5 a" c( w4 DCheeky 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. 4 q5 D/ Q! j8 \1 ?5 U$ U. P; R% E 4 R1 |1 D) n9 x/ }% [* d' }"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. / D/ g) T0 Y' ^) `# `1 X! ?7 W, n4 N, {6 l
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.