Safari Address (URL) Bar

My kids did something to my computer yesterday, and now I cannot see the Address bar in the Safari browser. It used to show above the row of buttons for home, print, etc.
I have checked all of the documentation and Safari help, but cannot find any information on how to set the Address bar to hide or show.
Does anybody know what I need to do?
Thanks in advance for your help!

Click on the View menu and choose "Show Toolbar".
From your description I think that's all you'll need to do. But if the address bar still isn't visible you may also need to click on View > Customize Toolbar and then drag the items you want back into the toolbar.

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