Dealing with spaces in linq to xml

I have an xml file that is like this:

<xml>I need this tex开发者_如何学Pythont<notthistext>blahblah<notthistext></xml>

I get the text by doing something like this:

var mycollection = from myNode in myDoc.descendents("xml") select new { test = Convert.ToString(myNode.Nodes().First())}

but the problem is that there are carrige returns and spaces that don't exist in the file

this is what i get:

"/r/n      I need this text"

What is going on!!!!! What i need is:

"I need this text"

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Have you considered Trim, specifying the characters?