My favorite moment from the Bengali epic of the Snake Goddess so far:
A king pissess off the goddess by destroying her altar, so she sends an army of snakes against him. Surrounded by serpents he flees into a haystack to hide - and comes face to face with a chameleon.
The chameleon just shakes its head, and the king breaks down crying. That was the last straw.
Such a fun moment. 
"Surrounded by serpents he flees into a haystack to hide "
How was that even _supposed_ to help?