Accidently trashed my desktop icon and deleted it

I accidently trashed my desktop icon and deleted it. Ugh. Somehow I had a desktop folder in the home folder and I thought it was a duplicate. Stupid me. I have rebooted and the icon is gone. Also tried to restor in the Find preferences but it will not allow me to check the box. Help!!!!!
G5 iMac   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Navigate in the Finder to your Home folder. Create a new folder (COMMAND-SHIFT-N) and name it Desktop.

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