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Correct best answer: Replace “prawns” with “fawns.”

“A doe and two spotted fawns played in the meadow near the house, but when the hunter walked over the hill, the animals froze and then bounded away.”

This classic mistake cannot be easily excused. It is not a typo, since two letters are substituted for one. It is not a totally nonsensical substitution, since prawns and fawns are both living things though unalike in most characteristics. It is a glaring error borne of tiredness or sloppiness or some other human weakness that has not been safeguarded against by proofreading or by letting someone else see it other than the writer. In the end, the writer will be embarrassed by the ensuing laughter, which may or may not be sufficient incentive to become more careful.
要為這個誇張的錯誤找藉口並不容易。這不是打錯字，因為有兩個字母被換成一個字母，這個字也不是完全沒有意義，「prawn」（明蝦）和「fawn」（小鹿）都是動物，只是彼此特性完全不同。或許是因為疲倦、馬虎或其他過失，又沒有校對或另一個人把關，才造成這個明顯的錯誤。這個好笑的錯誤肯定讓作者很尷尬，或許作者以後會知道要更小心一點。