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.

At the local bakery, the cupcakes were moist but the muffins were dry. The _ were old.
muffins

The woman drank from the faucet instead of the fountain, because the _ had run dry.
fountain

Tara vacationed at the swamp rather than the desert because the _ was near from where she lived.

swamp