Kiyai Sentar is a popular figure in Indonesian folk tales, known to be a religious scholar and an intellectual with amazing magical powers.

Once when Kiyai Sentar grew a fine moustache, a youth approached him to ask the secret behind such a thick and well-groomed moustache.

Kiyai Sentar told him, "You are not old enough to grow a moustache yet, young man. But I shall let you know a special medicinal formula for it. Before going to bed, take a spoonful of honey and two cooked dates. Rub them on the skin between your upper lip and your nose. In no time, you shall have a fine, thick moustache."

The youth followed Sentar's instructions carefully. Then he went to sleep and had a wonderful dream about growing a fine moustache. At dawn, he woke up and got the feeling that his dream had come true.

When he ran and looked in the mirror, he was stunned to find no moustache, but a swarm of ants pecking on his lip.