I think it’s the theme that money is the root of all
evil. The three men were so thrilled at
seeing all that money that they forgot about death and plotted how to keep it
for themselves. In the end, they all killed each other over the money
fulfilling what the old man said about finding death under a tree.
The number of people can range anywhere between 2-20 people and the performances are usually done in a line formation with interesting patterns of where people are placed.
Using there imagination! they can just make anything out of the bloom, like "You look like a flying butterfly in the sunlight." being humorous and having that little magic touch.