" Now, what’s this all about?” she demanded.
“They started it, Mom,” said Caroline, wringing out the tail of her shirt.
“We did not!” said Jake hotly. "Eddie turned the hose on Josh.”
“He dropped his bucket on purpose!” cried Beth.
“I did not!” said Josh.
Mrs. Malloy looked around curiously. “You kids hardly know each other! How did you get to be enemies so soon?”
Wally looked at Caroline. I dare you, his eyes told her. "

― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor , The Boys Start the War (Boy/Girl Battle, #1)