TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: The pig spent more time in the barn than out in the pen because it was cooler in the _ .

SOLUTION: barn

PROBLEM: I wanted to make a DIY bracelet from either staples or rubber bands as using the _ would make a loose bracelet.

SOLUTION: staples

PROBLEM: The pine trees were still green in December, but the oak trees were not, because the _ keep their leaves in fall.

SOLUTION:
pine trees