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 sick man took tissues from the box to blow his nose and put them in the waste basket until the  _ was empty.
box

The kids abused the slides in the playground, but took better care of the swings.  They just thought the _ were a terrible ride.
slides

I left the gift on the counter instead of on the table because the _ was harder to reach.

table