17.I'm sure you know the song "Happy Birthday".We sing it each year when we celebrate (慶祝) birthday.People all over the world like it and they sing the song in different languages in their birthday parties.But do you know who wrote the song? About a hundred years ago,Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill wrote some songs for a book.The book's name is "Song Stories for the Sunday Morning".Miss Patty Hill and her sister Miss Mildred Hill were both teachers in a school.They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book.One of them is the well-known "Good Morning to You".The song was very popular(流行) at that time among young children,but not many grown-ups knew it.A few years later,their nephew Peter was born.Miss Patty Hill sang the song "Happy Birthday to You" to the melody(曲調(diào)) of "Good Morning to You" to the little baby,she sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday,dear Peter! Happy birthday to you. This song turned into a birthday song and it was first published(出版) in 1924 on a book.Since then,the song became popular.A company bought the song.It is said that the birthday song earns $2 million a year in royalties (版稅) with half going to the company and the other half to the Hill family.The song "Happy Birthday to You" is well known to people all over the world.
(1)Which song do we sing when we celebrate birthday?
(2)What did Miss Patty Hill and her sister do?
(3)What did Miss Patty Hill and her sister write for the book?
(4)Which song was popular among young children at that time?
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