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。 + r- ]3 o! B0 T
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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’。”7 S7 w0 M& f0 D2 l0 u Z' ~
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Parrot leads Irish police to thieves ! |$ V5 Z+ I+ `& ]& \/ x # K: A1 @% z0 ]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. % A. D9 j& `4 W! M( l ]: J- d5 y. _9 H' N* U! t. M& K6 }
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. % K- A7 j7 l2 o2 f) n , _$ e3 A3 H, jA 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. 0 j* U" |/ m7 ]9 Z : l# L- Q. ^: V( J, C3 H( X" hCheeky 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.* U6 G9 u7 L1 p" K$ m
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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.2 c% |) D! T8 V" }! A- B2 V
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The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
