A TIGER'S TALE

Bubber Drumm is a Houston high school student. Rose Butts is an alcoholic, more than twice his age, and the mother of his girlfriend, Shirley. Bubber and Rose begin an affair after Bubber fixes Shirley up with his pal, Ransom McKnight.

Bubber and Rose carry on their affair under the nose of her daughter until everything comes out in the open at a drive-in movie theater. To get even with Bubber and Rose for "behaving badly", Shirley pricks a hole in Rose's diaphragm. Shirley goes on to live with her father and Bubber moves in with Rose along with his pet tiger. The diaphragm incident results in Rose getting pregnant with Bubber's baby. The couple must decide whether to keep the baby and continue their May/December romance or part ways.

Throughout the film, they end up in the small town of Fairchilds, Texas, and they go dancing at the Fairchild Hall.

Rose becomes pregnant after her daughter sabotages her birth control, and she and Bubber must decide whether to keep the baby and continue their relationship or part ways, ultimately ending up together in the small town of Fairchilds, Texas.

The ending revolves around Bubber and Rose confronting the consequences of their unconventional relationship, symbolized by Rose’s unexpected pregnancy. Their decision to stay together and start anew in a different town signals both a defiant embrace of their controversial love and a bittersweet attempt to find happiness outside societal norms. The pet tiger, their shared baggage, and the fallout from Shirley’s vendetta serve as lasting reminders of the complications they chose to face for love.