Direct answer
Objectives follow journal display order. Some depend on your choices; follow the active objective in the game.
Result
An old woman in Velen asked Geralt for an unusual favor. Some time ago her hens had gone missing from her hen house. Based on the tracks she had found, the woman suspected some two-legged creature with wolf-like paws was responsible. Geralt decided to investigate this mysterious being.
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