August - 'The different uses of 'colon' vs 'semi-colon'

More stories, more laughs and more hints as to how to improve our writing.

Hints/Challenge:

During the class last month there was a brief discussion about the use of ‘colon; vs ‘semi-colon.  So this month we had a session and challenge about the different uses of these two items of punctuation.
 
Our stories:

The prompts for August were:
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1. The swans bobbed up and down at the edge of the lake.
2. It was the summer when the chickens went on strike.
3. That part of the city always brought back memories.

 
Prompts:

The prompts for our September class are:

• She waved cheerfully as the boat gathered speed and disappeared around the bend.
• The wavelets washed over the sand and, in retreating, uncovered a shiny object still half buried on the desolate beach.
• He was lurking behind the bins  OR  He was found slumped behind the bins.

​Joy Shirley