Fill in the blank (_) in the following sentence from the following choices.
Sentence: It was hard to feed the the crowd during the celebrations with the little food  because the _ was too large.

Choice 1: It was hard to feed the the crowd during the celebrations with the little food  because the crowd was too large.
Choice 2: It was hard to feed the the crowd during the celebrations with the little food  because the food was too large.
Which of the choices is correct? Respond with only "1" or "2" and no additional text.
1
2.