Document Icon Question

I have somehow made the documents icon disappear and am unable to make it reappear. Tried to drag it from Applications but no luck. Suggestions?

Yes it has to be right side of Dock.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 2.4GHz IntelCore i5 320 HD 8GB RAM  15" MacBook Pro6,2 glossy screen

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