Faerie Consciousness

On the horizon of the sub lake to the Great Lake was the landing where the Irish Festival was being held. It looked innocent enough, but there were people dressed up in costumes of leprechauns, hiding the fact that real ones lurked among the crowd.
The crowd became excited, as they listened to the music and donned clothes from yesteryear, a time when they were in tune with the wee ones.
Since the town's name meant "marshland", and the lake was a conduit, adding the music and the costumes, the light beings shape shifted in the crowd any time they chose.
Even though these Irish had been transported, they were still from the green isle. That was the attraction.
Right behind the story tent, there appeared one of them, with a pot of gold, no less, and everybody laughed at the "midget" dressed up.
But he sauntered around drinking people's drinks when they turned their backs, taking coins from booths, placing them in the faux pot, conjuring up whirlwinds; he wondered why so many folks would leave the motherland, yet take the motherland with them.
And out of the whirlwinds, rose apparent little white butterflies, but if you have a faerie consciousness, are those really butterflies?
And look at the people around you. Do some of them look a little elven to you? That's why they refer to themselves as elves, elf being the root word, especially when they're laughing and having fun.
If you look at the faerie rings, which some explain scientifically, you know not to step into one and be stuck for a long period of time without realizing it, like Rip Van Winkle.
Admire the flowers, since each have a counterpart in the faerie kingdom.
And when the night falls on the Irish Festival, the lightning bugs (i.e.fireflies) dance about. But remember the faeries are "light beings".
There are both a realistic, scientific perspective of reality and a fantastic level. The scientific is true, but the fantastic is about the story: a story that tells a moral and an eternal truth. Which is more true?
Perhaps both, but for me, I'd rather suspend by disbelief for awhile, and be a "playful paranormalist", exploring what's possible beyond the "normal".