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diff --git a/mammoth/docx/footnotes_xml.py b/mammoth/docx/footnotes_xml.py
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+#~ from .. import documents
+#~ from .. import results
+from .. import lists
+#~ from .xmlparser import node_types
+#~ 
+
+def read_footnotes_xml_element(element):
+    return lists.map(
+        _read_footnote_element,
+        element.find_children("w:footnote"),
+    )
+        
+
+def _read_footnote_element(element):
+    return FootnoteElement(element.attributes["w:id"], element.children)
+
+
+class FootnoteElement(object):
+    def __init__(self, id, body):
+        self.id = id
+        self.body = body