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.

Molly yelled at her younger sibling, but asked her mom and dad for forgiveness. The _ accepted her apology hastily.
dad

James waited for some time for the water to fill up the bucket but the water had been flowing above it because the _ is much.
time

He wore rubber gloves instead of knitted gloves to clean his oven to protect his skin because the _ is water permeable.

knitted gloves