You go to meet the "Friend."

You have decided to meet with Batholomew's friend and following his instructions you leave the garden behind and walk beneath the ancient trees of the forest. There is no longer a distinct path, but you can hear the sound of the river and use it to guide your footfalls. The trees are mainly great, broad oaks and the sun filters through their leaves dappling the ground beneath. For awhile you stop and take it all in, but the river calls and you continue.

You catch a glimpse of it through the trees and quicken your pace. Soon you are at the banks. It is a swift river, not large, but quick with white frothy water that shoots over shiny, slick boulders. There is a path running beside the river. You follow it to the left along the river and start to climb a small hill. The path grows steeper and rockier and soon you are facing a small cave, just tall enough for a man to stand upright in. In front of the cave lies what appears to be a black pile of fur. Moving closer you can see that the fur pile is moving up and down with slow, even breaths and hear the snoring sound. Realizing that this is not a pile of fur but a very large bear, you are faced with a choice:

Do you wake the bear

or

do you hurry back the way that you came and pretend this never happened?