Perform with enjoyment, imagining the slow movements of a small hippo, ensuring the performance is never agile. The presence of whole notes creates an effect as if being pulled backward, preventing light movement despite the desire to do so. Feel the gravity in the whole notes, and the tension created by their pull against the eighth-note movements. From meno f (weaker than the preceding f) at measure 11, octave leaps begin on beats 3-4. It's like a forceful jump, as if gathering strength. A crescendo leads to ff (molt pesante = even heavier) at measure 14. From there until the end of the piece, the left-hand bass notes shift to an octave lower range. With a substantial weight and rich resonance, express the hippo's dance ponderously yet dynamically.