Hartmann's sketch, believed to have inspired this piece, depicts a clock in the shape of a witch's hut standing on chicken legs. Mussorgsky added to this the figure of Baba Yaga, who travels in a mortar. Baba Yaga is a lean witch who lives in the forest, captures people, and devours their flesh. She is said to travel in an iron mortar, propelling herself with a pestle and sweeping away her tracks with a broom. Incidentally, the original title of this piece also carries the meaning of 'a flimsy hut that could be blown away by a gust of wind.' In this piece, written in Allegro con brio feroce and 2/4 time, there are many sections that build a homophonic texture primarily based on unison in both hands. In sections that do not conform to this, a very wide range of pitches is utilized. From the latter half, it becomes Allegro molto, and the driving force further increases.