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: v- B) m! M 4 k* p* R. L& n, F; H 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’。” 6 F- o' ~" ]) H0 T- [- N7 I! Z: c# V& @; R1 O
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, p5 T+ o+ `7 b9 [8 M/ ~* K9 PThe 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. / |3 A: ^' Y2 U- B7 P) T7 r8 L( n1 J
The thieves had stolen 13-year-old Cheeky from his owners further up the same street in the city on Saturday night. ' G7 { S' p/ p* ^9 }* K $ S/ p+ X' y3 x; x1 `. zA 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.9 g& q# v: \$ s: R! F
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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. 6 L( X3 M. u' D7 `+ v 3 m' [' G- U/ X' 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. 6 M1 o5 C% `% ^' O; a2 a( v: P3 w4 s; @ `! T2 b! V
The couple were recently offered Euro2 000 for the bilingual bird, but turned it down, the report said.
