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Gently place the eggs in a saucepan and fill it with water until the eggs are just covered.
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Bring the water to a boil over high heat.
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Turn the heat down to medium and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
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Remove the pan from the heat and carefully drain off the oht water into the sink.
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Cover the eggs with cold water and set aside for five minutes.
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Gently crack the eggs against a hard surface, then carefully peel off the shells.
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Slice each egg in half lengthwise.
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With clean fingers, scoop out the yolks and put them in a small bowl.
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Mash the yolks with a fork until they are crumbly.
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Add mayonnaise and blend.
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Crefully fill the empty egg whites with yolk mixture.
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Cover a platter with lettuce leaves, setting a leaf or two aside for garnish.
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Arrange the egg halves, YOLK SIDE DOWN, on the leaves.
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These are your mice bodies.
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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.
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Stick two of these strips end to end onto the back end of the mouse to form the tail.
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Out of the remaining olives, cut thirty two small triangular ear pieces.
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You To garnish: Tear small pieces of lettuce and position in front of the mice's mouths as if they have been noshing.
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As a final touch, heap a pile of mouse droppings (chocolate sprinkles) on the platter to re-create an authentically tidy mouse toilette.
