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.

[EX Q]: The person's grandparent slept later on the weekend than the weekday because they didn't have to work on the _ .
[EX A]: weekend

[EX Q]: The monkey liked digging and preferred a stick over the scoop as the _ was clumsily handled.
[EX A]: scoop

[EX Q]: I preferred snow to the cold rain because the _ was more pretty and did not soak me to the bone.
[EX A]:
snow