The girl asked the woman to tell her the way to the castle of the prince who lived East of the Sun and West of the Moon.
The old woman didn't know, but she gave the girl the golden apple, and lent her a horse, and said to her:
"Ask my next neighbor. Maybe she will know. And when you find her, switch my horse under the left ear and tell him to be off home."
So the girl got on the horse and rode until she came to an old woman with a golden comb. This old woman answered her as the first had done, and lent her another horse and gave her the golden comb.
The girl got on the horse and rode till she came to another old woman spinning on a golden spinning wheel. This old woman did as the others had done, and lent her another horse and gave her the golden spinning wheel.
"You might ask the East Wind. Maybe he will know," she said.
So the girl rode on until she came to the house of the East Wind.
"I have heard of the prince and his castle, but I never went so far as that," said the East Wind.
"Get on my back, and I will carry you to my brother, the West Wind. Maybe he will know."