Old Mr Black loved shooting
bears, but his eyes were not good anymore. Several times he nearly shot people
instead of bears, so his friends were always careful when they went out
shooting with him.
One day a young friend
of his wanted to have a joke, so he got a 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 view 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.’