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HTML
<div id="parent"> Some text
<div>Child1</div>
<div>Child2</div>
<div>Child3</div>
<div>Child4</div>
</div>
<input type="button" value="alter text" />
JavaScript
$(function() {
$('input[type=button]').one('click', function() {
var cache = $('#parent').children();
$('#parent').text('Altered Text').append(cache);
});
});