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Cover a platter with lettuce leaves, setting a leaf or two aside for garnish. Arrange the egg halves, YOLK SIDE DOWN, on the leaves. These are your mice bodies. To give them each eyes and a mose, pull the pimento out of an olive and cut it into three smal With an adults help, cut thirty two thin, lengthwise strips from several of the green olives. Stick two of these strips end to end onto the back end of the mouse to form the tail.Out of the remaining olives, cut thirty two small triangular ear pieces. You To garnish: Tear small pieces of lettuce and position in front of the mice's mouths as if they have been noshing. As a final touch, heap a pile of mouse droppings (chocolate sprinkles) on the platter to re-create an authentically tidy mouse toilette. Serve From the Book: Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter Random House ISBN 0-679-86693-0 Shared by Carolyn Shaw 10-95