Question: Converting strings from readline() into procedures

My goal is to have users question banks in text files, and then read the data (both text and Maple procedures) in, through the readline function. The problem is, when I use that function, they come out as strings. For instance, if the first line of my file default.txt is diff(x^2,x) then the command readline("default.txt"); will display "diff(x^2,x)" I've tried using the convert function, but I can't find a type that will change it to a procedure. convert(aString,symbol) puts it as a symbol, but when I assign a variable to that symbol all it does it spit the symbol back out, it doesn't execute it. And if I use type(aString,procedure), it makes a procedure which displays the string. I need to remove the double quotes somehow and turn what's inside into a full-fledged Maple procedure. Any ideas?
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