def read_annotation(annotation_string):
    """
    Read the annotation string and return a dictionary with the annotation names as keys and the annotation values as values.
    """
    annotation_dict = {}
    for annotation in annotation_string:
        annotation = annotation.split(':')
        annotation_dict[f"{annotation[0]}:{annotation[1]}"] = annotation[2]
        #print (annotation_dict)
    return annotation_dict