According to the Daily Telegraph on February 10, a British woman who was "pushed to the edge" by a faulty fire alarm that sounded non-stop for several days discovered that the sound was in fact made by a parrot in her garden.

据英国《每日电讯报》2月10日报道，英国一位女性连日来被家里面的异响折腾得坐卧不安，甚至怀疑是烟雾报警器在响，但最后发现竟然是一只潜伏在后花园的鹦鹉在作祟。

Shanna Sexton, 25, from Devon, UK, even called in workmen to try and locate the problem. But she was amazed to see an African Grey Congo parrot perched on a water butt as she hung out washing in the garden.

来自英国德文郡的25岁房主莎娜•赛尔斯顿还找来了修理工，试图解决异响问题。然而，当她在后花园进行洗涮时，竟然看到一只灰色的非洲刚果鹦鹉栖息在水桶上。

The noisy parrot, called Sammi, had escaped from neighbor Louise Ledger's house a week earlier and spent seven days in the garden mimicking a smoke alarm.

这只调皮捣蛋的鹦鹉赛米在一周前，从莎娜•赛尔斯顿的邻居露易丝•莱德格的家中逃跑出来。一周以来，它每天都在赛尔斯顿家后花园里模仿烟雾报警器的声音。

Ledger was distraught and spent hours searching for her beloved pet before she plastered the neighborhood with missing posters appealing for Sammi's return.

莱德格不仅在小区附近张贴了寻鸟启示，每天还花费数小时寻找她心爱的宠物。

''I am over the moon. I am going to give Shanna a huge bunch of flowers. When I found out where he has I could not have got there any faster. He is always picking up funny noises from anywhere and everywhere. I think he must have heard me burning the toast once as he does mimic the smoke alarm noise," said Ledger.

莱德格说：“我太激动了，我要去给莎娜送上一大捧鲜花。当我知道赛米的行踪时，我迫不及待地想见到他。赛米在任何地方都能模仿一些搞笑的声音。我想他一定是听到我做烧烤的声音，所以才能模仿出烟雾报警器的响声。”