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。 $ }$ l' O+ F! q" Y7 |
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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’。”: b! x! q% X, D, ^! m4 |
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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. $ P4 F8 p" [9 l, ? / `4 p @- Y+ m; C; @9 p1 P* pThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. / h( {5 d& z3 K3 h" G & Z W6 y2 v, ^. A3 iA 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.5 V2 W- J& s+ C2 v. t. i
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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. 2 U: ~! t m$ B. w. d 4 o% N/ x5 P/ O1 k4 O. z"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.# U4 x" ^0 b, {7 |
. i5 P2 u5 ], }% g6 r! vThe couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
