Where's my Downloads icon in my Dock?

I seem to have lost the little Download doohicky/icon that used to fan out when I clicked it and also showed me what was going on during a download - it's no longer on my Dock.

How can I get it back?
I can find the Download folder in Finder, but just can't figure out what to do next (or what I did that made it disappear from the Dock) to replace it in the Dock.

Thanks, you Mac geniuses!

/Mark

you must have accidentally dragged it off the dock.
Just drag the downloads folder from your finder onto your dock, and you'll have it back as you were before
*don't worry, dragging anything from finder onto the dock doesn't move it, it just creates a "shortcut" so to speak.

Drag that folder back to your Dock next to the Trash.

EDIT: Beaten to it.

OK, it's back! Thanks, 6string and vansmith! I love this place.

/Mark