Mac Mail has lost my mailboxes!

I created three mailboxes to file some of my e-mails under "On My Mac", and now two of them have disappeared. I think it happened inadvertently when I tried to delete the Yahoo inbox (which I've since learned how to do correctly). The odd thing is that the mailboxes show as existing when I try to create a new mailbox. And if I try to create a new one with the same name I'm told that the mailbox already exists. So why can't I see it?

If you are running OS 10.5 then post here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1223
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