Importing Address Book From An Older Version To Leopard

I'm trying to import my address book from my old, G3 iMac running 10.1.5 to my new machine. All my address cards show the .vcf file extension, yet I can't import them. I get an error message that says, "No importable cards found". I tried switching from .vcf version 3.0 to 2.1 with no luck. I tried importing them as a text file, still doesn't work.
Any ideas on how I can import my addresses?

I was able to solve my problem with the help of a friend.
I found the Old Address Book database file under OS 10.1.5:
Users->myusername->Library->Addresses->Address Book.addressbook
I pasted Address Book.addressbook to the new Address Book running under OS 10.5 in:
Users->myusername->Application Support->AddressBook
The computer did a little conversion dance and everything appeared just fine.
Hope this helps others.

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