You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

Q: The rabbit was old and we had to decide whether to let it die naturally or put it down.  After getting really sick yesterday we decided to _ .

A: put it down
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Q: The store sold out of cookies long before salads because the _ were too boring.

A: salads
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Q: The Northern council encouraged people to recycle but the Southern council did not because the _ council was very conscientious.

A:
Northern
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