Starting Out

Hint: I just started. Where do I go?

Hint: Where's the girl's teddy bear?

Hint: How do I get past the drunken bear?

Nested hint: What's that recipe in that book?
(sorry, cannot decode section)
Hint: Where is that girl taking me?

Hint: How do I get into the monastery?

Hint: Just what do I do at the monastery?

Hint: How do I get into the castle?