Macbook Late 2007 Model HELP!!!!

My 2 yr. old snapped my restore disc in half, well, actually several pieces. I want to do a clean install, but it requires the "special" version of 10.5 that only came with the restore disc. Can anyone help?
thanks

I did call apple, but I don't want to pay for a set when I went out and purchased a retail copy of Leopard to take care of the problem, not knowing I needed a "special" version of 10.5. Of course, they will not return the copy of leopard so I can purchase the restore disc. Go figure.

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