with open('test/xml_file_small.xml', 'wb') as f:
    text = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<osm version="0.6" generator="CGImap 0.3.3 (28791 thorn-03.openstreetmap.org)" copyright="OpenStreetMap and contributors" attribution="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" license="http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/">
<node id="261114299" visible="true" version="5" changeset="8581395" timestamp="2011-06-29T14:14:14Z" user="bbmiller" uid="451048" lat="41.9729565" lon="-87.6939548"/>
</osm>
    '''
    f.write(text)