Read text content from XElement

Question

In .NET, how do I read the text content from an XElement?

For example, from the XElement

XElement.Parse("<tag>Alice &amp; Bob<other>cat</other></tag>")

I would like the string 'Alice & Bob'

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I tried element.Value but that returns 'Alice & Bobcat' :(

Answer 1

 XElement t = XElement.Parse("<tag>Alice &amp; Bob<other>cat</other></tag>");
 string s = (t.FirstNode as XText).Value;