Old Mr. Black loved shooting bears, but his eyes were not good any more. Several times he nearly shot people instead of bears, so his friends were always very careful when they went out shooting with him.
One day a young friend of his wanted to have a joke, so he got a big piece of white paper and wrote on it in very big letters ‘I AM NOT A BEAR’. Then he tied it to his back and went off. His friends saw it and laughed a lot.
But it did not save him. After a few minutes Mr. Black shot at him and knocked his hat off.
The young man was frightened and angry. ‘Didn’t you see this piece of paper?’ he shouted to Mr. Black. ‘Yes, I did,’ said Mr. Black. Then he went nearer, looked carefully at the paper and said, ‘Oh, I am very sorry. I did not see the word NOT.’
老布萊克先生喜歡獵熊，但是他的視力不像以前那麼好了。有好幾次他差點打中人而不是熊，所以他的朋友們和他一起出去獵熊的時候都非常小心。
有一天，他的一個年輕的朋友想要開個玩笑，所以他拿了一張很大的白紙並且用非常大的字體在上面寫道，“我不是熊”。然後他把紙綁在自己的背上就出發了。他的朋友們看到了，哈哈大笑。
但是這並沒能保護得了他。幾分鐘以後，布萊克先生朝他開了槍，並且把他的帽子打掉了。
年輕人又害怕又生氣。“你沒有看到這張紙嗎？”他朝布萊克先生大叫道。“是的，我看到了，”布萊克先生說。然後他走近了些，仔細的看了看那張紙，說，“噢，非常抱歉。我沒有看到那個‘不’字。”
