IPad dock icons vanished

The dock icons at the bottom of the screen have been replaced by a blank area. No more access to mail, iTunes, etc

The Home and Sleep/Wake buttons did not fix the problem. I found the missing icons on the formerly blank 8th screen.
I have no idea how they got there, but was able to drag them back to the Doc area.
The 4 year old is not talking on how he did this.
I appreciate the fast replies .

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