Comparison of The Boy at the Dike and Hansel and Gretel

We are in the process of doing a first grade lesson plan comparing various folk tales.  Today we talked about Bravery and "The boy at the Dike" and "Hansel and Gretel". The boy at the Dike is a Dutch Fairy Tale from Holland. They build dikes to protect their houses from the water and all kids are taught from a young age to observe the walls for leaks. Well, one day, a boy peter is out visiting a friend and when he comes back he notices a  hole in the wall. He plugs it up with his finger and waits  until someone comes by. No one does, despite his shouting for help. The next day a farmer sees  him and the boy asks him for help.  He goes to get help and the boy is declared a hero of the town.  So, we discussed that this boy was brave because of this action and that he stayed that way throughout the store.  Hansel and Gretel is well known story about these two kids who are abandoned in the woods and tricked into going to an evil witch's house. She tries to fatten up Hansel and cook both of the kids. They soon realize this and Gretel, who was initially scared and helpless, shoves the old witch into the oven when she was going to put her in it. The boy was brave from the beginning and worked hard to calm down his sister . When the witch was checking his finger to see if he was plump enough, the boy tricked her and stuck a chicken bone out through the cage openings rather than his finger. He had been put in a cage to be fattened up.  So, we talk about the sister's transformation and about Hansel's bravery from the beginning and his resourcefulness, like when he started dropping crumbs so they could find their way back home).