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.

No one wants to go to the village again and we decided to be meeting at the store. The _ is close.
store

John was deciding between going fishing or going running when he suddenly realized that the _ would be more fun.
running

She counted her calories for her diet and found she needed more so she ate a brownie instead of an apple since the _ has fewer.

apple