4.[{16-4}] el que la mamá se enterase, if the mother had found it out. Note the def. art. introducing a subordinate clause.
5.[{16-5}] la cabeza, her head. Note the use of the definite article instead of the possessive adjective, before words denoting parts of the body.
[Page 17.]—1.[{17-1}] Me llamo ... muñecas = Me llamo Teresa. No crea usted por Dios que juego con muñecas.
2.[{17-2}] lo era; lo stands for más linda.
3.[{17-3}] me iba enamorando; cf. [6], note 2.
4.[{17-4}] que ... menor, that my youngest son was.
[Page 18.]—1.[{18-1}] Tenía ... negocios; note that the participle agrees with the direct object when the auxiliary is tener.
2.[{18-2}] ¡Qué ... mona! what a pretty child!
3.[{18-3}] lo fácil que; see lo ... que, under que (adv.), in Vocab.
4.[{18-4}] alzarme ... cargo, take his place (as alcalde).