book of unwriten tales,critter chronicals

dear MaG,i am now almost at end of chapter 3,the WT says
"look at poster","talk to guard","take a number",when i spoke to the guard,he told me,(take a number),i should wait
to be called,for the job,and now the guard never gave me a
number,so i wait for nothing,let me ask you,when the guard
told me take a number,what does it mean,he never told me by mouth any number,nor did he gave me a note,with a number,so
what goes on here,what can i do ?
PLEASE HELP me i am stuck
i thank evryone in advance
samuel

Hi samuel, you take a number from the number dispenser.

Here's from a different walkthrough:

thank you Marian,for your great help,now the game goes on
i wish you all the best
samuel

You're welcome, samuel. Have fun with the rest of the game.