SVG.Bare = SVG.invent({
  // Initialize
  create: function(element, inherit) {
    // construct element
    this.constructor.call(this, SVG.create(element))

    // inherit custom methods
    if (inherit)
      for (var method in inherit.prototype)
        if (typeof inherit.prototype[method] === 'function')
          this[method] = inherit.prototype[method]
  }

  // Inherit from
, inherit: SVG.Element

  // Add methods
, extend: {
    // Insert some plain text
    words: function(text) {
      // remove contents
      while (this.node.hasChildNodes())
        this.node.removeChild(this.node.lastChild)

      // create text node
      this.node.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text))

      return this
    }
  }
})


SVG.extend(SVG.Parent, {
  // Create an element that is not described by SVG.js
  element: function(element, inherit) {
    return this.put(new SVG.Bare(element, inherit))
  }
  // Add symbol element
, symbol: function() {
    return this.defs().element('symbol', SVG.Container)
  }

})