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。 % U1 {* ^- ~& b* o# N P ( \) O: g9 w! Q. x a 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’。” $ o/ `4 W3 Z2 v% \- \ / ?) |1 j4 I. B+ bParrot leads Irish police to thieves7 j$ C" Q- s' d. {2 I0 S: x
/ s6 a5 ~' S2 uThe 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.4 c$ _& x/ a# f9 d# p
0 c8 X4 C6 f6 z" U8 b. X: o0 dThe thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night.% G5 ]) t, s, B* k, d _; J! {* J
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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.( `+ i, s( O0 P( _$ p
) e* q, y* z4 aCheeky 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 N* B. B+ g7 P3 d. d* ?' t% w" f
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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.6 N' p( X7 c0 M7 a, [2 F4 B
. w7 x- ]6 z$ N2 o. e6 [The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
