) |% a k" A& `4 E' G 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’。” ! w g1 P+ d+ X. A# P/ L6 P. U- a$ o0 o
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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: K3 V. \- P) t9 ` # ]* y# u' C9 \9 g4 d% W& SThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.7 T+ u0 d. u* O1 t; z4 Q
/ c2 V+ Y5 C6 P: bA 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. 3 L% x0 l8 l. A: ^/ O- s8 V ( `2 t( N V9 p9 H/ XCheeky 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. 7 D4 `6 S8 m& ]4 \( w. u* H 2 E1 ^; W" }8 {0 q/ |4 ?9 n, T"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! S% B9 Y |" m, N& V9 r! i+ d: T9 C. P+ T/ t
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.