Originally Posted by Mozart
The autograph score contains, arranged in strategic places throughout the Rondo, a bizarre written narrative perhaps directed to Leutgeb:
For you, Mr. Donkey?Come on?quick?get on with it?like a good fellow?be brave?Are you finished yet??for you?beast?oh what a dissonance?Oh!?Woe is me!!?Well done, poor chap?oh, pain in the balls!?Oh God, how fast!?you make me laugh?help?take a breather?go on, go on?that's a little better?still not finished??you awful swine!?how charming you are!?dear one!?little donkey!?ha, ha, ha?take a breath!?But do play at least one note, you prick!?Aha! Bravo, bravo, hurrah!?You're going to torture me for the fourth time, and thank God it's the last?Oh finish now, I beg of you!?Confound it?also bravura??Bravo!?oh, a sheep bleating?you're finished??Thank heavens!?Enough, enough![3]