> I want to get the name of the fifth monkey (Phil). I thought 
> this would do it:
> 
> ----------------------------------
> <xsl:template match="forest">
> <xsl:text>The fifth monkey's name is: 
> </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="//monkey[5]/@name"/> </xsl:template>
> ----------------------------------
> 
> But this doesn't seem to work.

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