Answer: The danger of the narrators current predicament
Personification is going to be your answer. Don't read the rest because I am only doing this to reach the max character needed.
Sentence A's use of a semicolon is meant to show a connection between two different ideas. Sentence B's use of the colon is used to precede a list or explanation.
Miss Rachel Haverford, ( Who is Dills aunt.)
Tamara or her brother needs to take the dog for a walk.
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