Old Things Are Important

And because the story's, like, super old, you're supposed to care about it more than a modern story that's more applicable to present day.

When something that's ancient is supposed to be thought of as extra meaningful due to the fact that it's ancient even though, most of the time, it wouldn't really make a difference if it was created just 20 years ago. This heavily applies to The Old Story because if the story isn't important because it's old, then why should we care?