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.’
老布莱克先生喜欢猎熊，但是他的视力不像以前那么好了。有好几次他差点打中人而不是熊，所以他的朋友们和他一起出去猎熊的时候都非常小心。
有一天，他的一个年轻的朋友想要开个玩笑，所以他拿了一张很大的白纸并且用非常大的字体在上面写道，“我不是熊”。然后他把纸绑在自己的背上就出发了。他的朋友们看到了，哈哈大笑。
但是这并没能保护得了他。几分钟以后，布莱克先生朝他开了枪，并且把他的帽子打掉了。
年轻人又害怕又生气。“你没有看到这张纸吗？”他朝布莱克先生大叫道。“是的，我看到了，”布莱克先生说。然后他走近了些，仔细的看了看那张纸，说，“噢，非常抱歉。我没有看到那个‘不’字。”
