Here's a short story:

CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. 

A PECULIAR CONFIDANT--MORE DIFFICULTIES, AND VARIOUS PLANS TO OVERCOME THEM. 

When Alice Mason was a little child, there was a certain tree near her father's house to which, in her hours of sorrow, she was wont to run and tell it all the grief of her overflowing heart. She firmly believed that this tree heard and understood and sympathised with all that she said. There was a hole in the stem into which she was wont to pour her complaints, and when she had thus unburthened her heart to her silent confidant she felt comforted, as one feels when a human friend has shared one's sorrows. 

When the child became older, and her sorrows were heavier and, perhaps, more real, her well-nurtured mind began to rise to a higher source for comfort. Habit and inclination led her indeed to the same tree, but when she kneeled upon its roots and leaned against its stem, she poured out her heart into the bosom of Him who is ever present, and who can be touched with a feeling of our infirmities. 

Almost immediately after landing on the island Alice sought the umbrageous shelter of her old friend and favourite, and on her knees thanked God for restoring her to her father and her home. 

To the same place the missionary directed his steps, for he knew it well, and doubtless expected to find his daughter there. 

"Alice, dear, I have good news to tell you," said the missionary, sitting down beside her.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Did Alice have a human friend to tell about her worries?
Guess: No

Question: When she was little, what did she tell instead?
Guess: A tree

Question: What part would she speak into?
Guess: A hole in the stem

Question: True or False: Later she would go to the same tree but tell her problems to God instead.
Guess: True

Question: Is the tree on an island?
Guess: Yes

Question: What is her father's job?
Guess: Missionary

Question: What did he have to tell her?
Guess: Good news

Question: What is the girl's name?
Guess: Alice Mason

Question: What is the father's name?
Guess: unknown

Question: What did the tree grow near?
Guess: Her father's house

Question: Did she believe the tree could hear her?
Guess: Yes

Question: What else did she believe it did?
Guess: It understood and sympathised with all that she said

Question: What made her pick the same tree when she was older?
Guess: Habit and inclination

Question: What did she kneel on?
Guess: Its roots

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: What did she do at its stem?

Leaned against it