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TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — A pet parrot that spoke with a British accent when itdisappeared from its home four years ago has been reunited with its owner — andthe bird now speaks Spanish.
加利福尼亞，托倫斯（美聯社）——四年前，一只從家中走失的帶有英語口音的鸚鵡已經和主人團聚了——但現在，這只鸚鵡口中竟冒出了西班牙語。
The reunion was brought about by a Southern California veterinarian who mistook Nigel, anAfrican gray parrot, for her own missing bird, the Daily Breeze reported Sunday(http://bit.ly/1qU5dU3).
據《每日微風報》(http://bit.ly/1qU5dU3)周日報道，事件的起因是，居住在南加州的一名獸醫誤將這只名叫Nigel的非洲灰鸚鵡認作自家丟失的鸚鵡。
Teresa Micco tracked Nigel's microchip toDarren Chick, a Brit who lives in Torrance.
獸醫Teresa Micco通過追蹤Nigel身上的微芯片找到了家住托倫斯的英國人Darren Chick。
"I introduced myself and said, 'Haveyou lost a bird?'" Micco told the newspaper. "He initially said,'No.' But he thought I meant recently."
Micco 對報社說，“我先作了自我介紹，然后問道，‘你是不是丟了一只鸚鵡？'起初，他回答說沒有，不過那是因為他以為我是問他最近有沒有丟過”。
When she verified Chick's name and said shehad his African grey parrot, "He looked at me like I was crazy."
當她核對了Chick的名字后，她告訴Chick她帶著他的非洲灰鸚鵡，“他用一種以為我瘋了的眼光看著我”。
He said his bird went missing four yearsearlier.
他說他的鸚鵡是在四年前丟失的。
Little is known about Nigel's whereaboutsthe past four years, but Chick says the bird's British accent is gone, and itnow chatters in Spanish.
在過去四年來，他并不知曉Nigel的行蹤，但Chick說鸚鵡的英語口音已經沒有了，它現在跌跌不休地說著西班牙語。
Chick says last week's reunion brought tears of joy to his eyes — despitethe fact that Nigel bit him when he first tried to pick him up.
Chick說，上周的團聚讓他喜極而泣——盡管他起初接過Nigel的時候還被他咬了。
Micco said the behavior was not unusual andthat Nigel would settle back in soon enough.
Micco說，Nigel的舉動并不反常，它很快就會安定下來的。
"He's doing perfect," Chick told the newspaper by the week's end. "It'sreally weird. I knew it was him from the minute I saw him."
Chick在當周周末對報社說，“它的情況不錯。奇怪的是，我一看到它就認出它就是當年丟失的那只鸚鵡了”。
It's the fifth parrot reunion facilitatedby Micco, who has been running ads for her own missing bird for nine months.
這是Micco幫助別人找回的第五只鸚鵡了，Micco為找回自家丟失的鸚鵡已經刊出廣告9個月了。
Julissa Sperling found Nigel outside herhome and brought him to Micco after seeing one of her ads.
Julissa Sperling在她家門外發現了Nigel，在看到Micco刊出的廣告后就把它帶給了Micco。
"He was the happiest bird. He wassinging and talking without control," Sperling said. "He was barkinglike the dogs. "
Sperling說，“他是最快樂的鸚鵡。他肆意地唱著歌說著話，猶如吠犬。”
