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Story 1: The Flaxens and the sunglassesPinxel Flaxen starts to see things in a totally new light, and it’s not a good thing. Brothers Ortus and Vulbert hope to get their wise and cheerful sister back. They only need to figure out first what caused their sister’s sudden change. (Cognitive distortions: mental filter and disqualifying the positive)Story 2: The Flaxens and jumping to conclusionsThe Flaxens are amazed: an accident can end up as a stroke of luck. Or is it after all? The Flaxens learn to avoid jumping to conclusions. At the same time, they gain insight about wisdom, humility and courage. (Cognitive distortion: jumping to conclusions)

Story 3: The Flaxens and the size machinePinxel Flaxen finds a size machine at the fair. What does it do? Even the Flaxens don’t know. It will soon become clear, however, that the size machine looks pretty, but is rotten inside. (Cognitive distortions: magnification and minimization) Story 4: The Flaxens and sulky TirtusThe Flaxens’ friend Tirtus doesn’t feel like doing anything. The Flaxens show him that being in a dull mood doesn’t necessarily mean that plans they have made are dull. At the same time, Tirtus learns yet another lesson from the Flaxens: action comes first, then the will to do it. (Cognitive distortion: emotional reasoning)

Story 7: The Flaxens and the Dutch jarVulbert Flaxen gets into trouble. Pinxel and Ortus Flaxen wonder why Vulbert doesn’t recover from the shame after the incident. Once again, the answer is found in their great-aunt’s Book of Wisdom. (Cognitive distortion: labelling) Story 8: The Flaxens and Hasten who always shouldThe Flaxens feel like the air fills with cold “should”-ness every time Hasten visits them. The Flaxens work out what to do to make everyone happy. (Cognitive distortion: “should” statements)

Story 5: The Flaxens and the black-and-white challengeThe Flaxens try to figure out why the wolf living in the quarry is often gloomy. They find out the problem lies in the thoughts of the wolf. The Flaxens choose to target the wolf’s black-and-white thinking. (Cognitive distortion: “all-or-nothing” thinking) Story 6: The Flaxens and same patternsThe Flaxens visit Komelus the wolf, whom they once helped. The Flaxens apologize for sticking their nose in Komelus’s life without his permission. Surprisingly, a new problem surfaces. (Cognitive distortion: overgeneralization)