I Can't Open Any of my Pages 08 Documents

I never upgraded to Pages 09 because by the time I was ready to purchase it, I figured a new one was just around the corner. (Clearly this was a bad decision as I was kept waiting for 4 years, and then even then the upgrade is being offered for free to people who own iWork 09). This is my fault. But today, I finally purchase all 3 iWork apps and I cannot open any of my documents. I keep getting the error below. How am I supposed to do what it says if I don't have Pages 09? This seems a bit ridiculous that you can't open files that are older...

I just got out of a chat with Apple Support. They are sending me a free disc copy of iWork 09, which is very nice. Unfortunately, other than getting a copy of 09, it doesn't look like there is a solution to making the files compatible.

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