Safari not downloading

strange, but i tried to download safari, from the apple site, and when i went to install it, there was a red exclamation point on my drive, saying Safari is only for versions 10.4 and up.....but I only run Leopard 10.5.5.
????? why cant download safari????
thank you!!

why cant download safari?
Because you should already have it. If you need to install or reinstall Safari for some reason, run the combo updater instead of using any of the standalone downloads.
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