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.

The water got murky after the stone was dropped into it but the _ was before dirty.
stone

The lotion that my sister bought, didn't work on her skin because the _ was out of date.
lotion

He thought the shots would hurt more than the drops would, but the _ stung.

drops