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.

Jake stopped to grab a waffle before going to the bus station for his meeting, fortunately he had plenty of time because the _ was late.
bus

The shotgun made a bigger hole in the target than the pistol because the _ was weak.
pistol

The swamp was a good home for the alligator because _ needed a watery environment.

alligator