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.

Erin got a massage every week to relax her muscles, but it didn't help much with her joints so the _ still ached.
joints

The monkey liked digging and preferred a stick over the scoop as the _ was clumsily handled.
scoop

Mike used a new notebook for his notes instead of his notepad, since the _ was blank .

notebook