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。 - ? [7 ~2 _: N4 G/ Q, U9 Y % i) X+ C, a0 ]8 o' v9 a. s4 y a+ c 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’。” 2 j) v- T7 ?4 g2 Q$ ` 1 q* g+ t7 U; N: ?# K" r P, [( mParrot leads Irish police to thieves3 t E* q# K& P/ q. `
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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. : F* d4 N! ^. J2 @' s b% ~8 z V. t$ F: C
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. 5 s! p+ l3 j! k0 S$ }5 \: H# ~8 m4 ~1 L8 _. Y( E2 |- J
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.* w2 b, Q( V/ [, Z: U" \+ q
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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. 9 b% W* O! {4 R; s% {" g( q% |9 \7 ?) A
"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. . d2 x& k* F: r$ G/ [( M- t * o9 Q) T) s: Z2 bThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
