instruction:
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.
question:
Wilhelm swung the baseball bat at the ball and hit it with his great strength. The _ shattered into wood shards from the force of the blow.
answer:
bat


question:
The page of the newspaper took longer to read than the page of the magazine because there were less sentences on the page of the _ .
answer:
magazine


question:
I buy fruits and vegetables from local stores and not from big chain stores because the _ stores have fresh vegetables and fruits.
answer:

local