Newbie question related to Boolean in Python

[Thomas Yang]

 bear_moved = False

    while True:
        next = raw_input("> ")
    
        if next == "take honey":
            dead("The bear looks at you then slaps your face off.")
        elif next == "taunt bear" and not bear_moved:
            print "The bear has moved from the door. You can go through."
	    bear_moved = True
	elif next == "taunt bear" and bear_moved:
	    dead("The bear gets pissed off and chews your leg off.")
	elif next == "open door" and bear_moved:
	    gold_room()
	else:
	     print "I got no idea what that means."

# sorry if it looks confusing, this is the real code