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 u$ n1 G! n" s) D" I
3 M5 h" X W' O! o+ y0 P& O* M! ^- y 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’。” C. m8 z3 I( X0 j
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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.+ Z& \7 G; j0 J* z3 Y5 H8 \1 }
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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. # s$ v9 W2 e. i8 V4 B4 e ; i0 o! }6 C* ^; O/ B! YA 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. . k: x- w6 y5 f: E$ N, V$ P. Y: N1 H
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 ^; m" V. { X+ L0 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.& n: q* I" V( p6 B9 {/ F4 ~
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The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
