[jQuery] working with appended elements

[Luke Adamis]

first time I am working with append().
If I create an element with append():

$('#box').append('<div id="hideme">Hide Me</div>');

then I need that element to be clickable.

$('#hideme').click.function() {
        $(this).fadeOut();
};

but it is not responding. I assume because it wasn't there when the  
script was initially loaded.

any idea what is the solution here? or how can I create elements that  
later I can use?

thanks,
Luke