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+<div xmlns:py="http://purl.org/kid/ns#"
+     py:extends="'default_header.kid'" py:strip="">
+  <div py:def="macro1">reference me, please</div>
+  <div py:def="macro2(name, classname='expanded')" class="${classname}">
+   Hello ${name.title()}
+  </div>
+  <span py:match="item.tag == '{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}greeting'" class="greeting">
+    Hello ${item.get('name')}
+  </span>
+  <span py:match="item.tag == '{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}span' and item.get('class') == 'greeting'" style="text-decoration: underline">
+    ${item.findtext('')}
+  </span>
+</div>