How do I play old HyperCard programs on OSX?

One of the first electronic books was made on a Mac running System7 and HyperCard. I have a copy of this program downloaded from the author on my Mac running OS 10.5.8. I also have an old Mac LCII with HyperCard, but can not find a way to transfer the files (only floppydrive and no USB or Ethernet sockets). If I had an external floppydrive MAYBE I could put the files in there, but would the System7 formatted disc be read by OSX?
I have also attempted to convert and read the files using HyperStudio5 and SuperCard, but with no success. SuperCard converted only the stack file and couldn't manage to run the program with all underlaying files.
The electronic book is called «Iakttagarens förmåga» of the Swedish author Karl-Erik Tallmo.

George,
Could you please explain a little more. You said:
"I have a copy of this program downloaded from the author on my Mac running OS 10.5.8. I also have an old Mac LCII with HyperCard, but can not find a way to transfer the files"
Are you saying that you have an OS 7 version of HyperCard running on your MacBookPro but you want to load the book from an older computer? If so, what process did you use to load HyperCard? Are you saying that you downloaded a version of HyperCard directly to your laptop and it works just as downloaded?
If that is the case, then are you looking for a way to get the LCII online to upload the files?
Can you reveal the location of the download?
Ji~m

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