Animal Match Game

Here is a list of animals: 

Cat

Dog

Bird

Horse

Snake

Cow

Fish

 

In the narrative below, see if you can identify these animals by the nicknames I have given them:

One day, in a field of tall Timothy grass crossed by a meandering stream, a pair of pecker-dropping gallopers raced past a butt-licker lying sleeping in the grass.  Naturally, the butt-licker took offence at being awakened so abruptly and began to chase the pecker-dropping gallopers.  The startled gallopers veered directly across the stream, very nearly stomping to death several slippery-when-wets at midstream.  Nearby, a clawed nose-toucher watched while sprawled crosswise in a patch shade below a willow tree.  Relaxing after an entire morning of chasing air-flying ground-bouncers, the clawed nose-toucher simply yawned as the gallopers barreled right through a herd of lunch, dispersing them in all directions.  Stretched and sunning itself on a patch of bare ground surrounded by wavering grass in the field, a whipaway-whipaway merely felt the vibrations of activity and wondered how long the sunlight might last.

--Mitchell Hegman