Limericks inspired by contest

There was a young lady wore green,
her countenance always serene.
She sat by a frog
which barked like a dog,
Thus startled, she let out a scream.

A gentleman wandered from home
and while still inclined to just roam,
he met a fair maid
who gambolled and played,
for she had a Bo-Peep syndrome.

Though buried now deep in the past,
a chest was discovered at last.
It had an old lock
which succumbed to a knock
and was emptied exceedingly fast.

Jane Austen wrote only six books
containing both heroes and crooks.
Though they met with hard strife
heroines found a good life,
rewarded for their dainty looks