Wait a minute..
Im beginning to get somthing out of the whole penut thing had to watch it nine times and the author said "no matter how small or insignificant, has a story to tell." the penut could easily be used as a representetive for that there lives were small and the insignificance of it was dieing and becoming part of the grass "in this case a penut" i may be wrong but it makes sence to me.