### BUGGY CODE ###

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#############
# Libraries #
#############

import sys
input = sys.stdin.readline

import math
from collections import deque
from fractions import gcd
from functools import lru_cache


#############
# Constants #
#############

MOD = 10**9+7
INF = float('inf')

#############
# Functions #
#############

######INPUT######
def inputI(): return int(input().strip())
def inputS(): return input().strip()
def inputIL(): return list(map(int,input().split()))
def inputSL(): return list(map(str,input().split()))
def inputILs(n): return list(int(input()) for _ in range(n))
def inputSLs(n): return list(input().strip() for _ in range(n))
def inputILL(n): return [list(map(int, input().split())) for _ in range(n)]
def inputSLL(n): return [list(map(str, input().split())) for _ in range(n)]

#####Inverse#####
def inv(n): return pow(n, MOD-2, MOD)

######Combination######
kaijo_memo = []
def kaijo(n):
  if(len(kaijo_memo) > n):
    return kaijo_memo[n]
  if(len(kaijo_memo) == 0):
    kaijo_memo.append(1)
  while(len(kaijo_memo) <= n):
    kaijo_memo.append(kaijo_memo[-1] * len(kaijo_memo) % MOD)
  return kaijo_memo[n]

gyaku_kaijo_memo = []
def gyaku_kaijo(n):
  if(len(gyaku_kaijo_memo) > n):
    return gyaku_kaijo_memo[n]
  if(len(gyaku_kaijo_memo) == 0):
    gyaku_kaijo_memo.append(1)
  while(len(gyaku_kaijo_memo) <= n):
    gyaku_kaijo_memo.append(gyaku_kaijo_memo[-1] * pow(len(gyaku_kaijo_memo),MOD-2,MOD) % MOD)
  return gyaku_kaijo_memo[n]

def nCr(n,r):
  if(n == r):
    return 1
  if(n < r or r < 0):
    return 0
  ret = 1
  ret = ret * kaijo(n) % MOD
  ret = ret * gyaku_kaijo(r) % MOD
  ret = ret * gyaku_kaijo(n-r) % MOD
  return ret

######Factorization######
def factorization(n):
    arr = []
    temp = n
    for i in range(2, int(-(-n**0.5//1))+1):
        if temp%i==0:
            cnt=0
            while temp%i==0:
                cnt+=1
                temp //= i
            arr.append([i, cnt])
    if temp!=1:
        arr.append([temp, 1])

    if arr==[]:
        arr.append([n, 1])
    return arr

#####LCM#####
def lcm(a, b):
    return a * b // gcd (a, b)

#############
# Main Code #
#############

N = inputI()

graph = [[] for _ in range(N)]
for i in range(N-1):
    u, v = inputIL()
    graph[u-1].append((v-1,i))
    graph[v-1].append((u-1,i))
  
M = 0
root = 0
for i in range(N):
  l = graph[i]
  n = len(l)
  if n > M:
    root = i
    M = n

color = [None for _ in range(N-1)]
q = deque([root])

while  q:
  u = q.popleft()
  c = set(range(M))
  todo = []
  for v in graph[u]:
    i = v[1]
    v = v[0]
    if color[i] == None:
      todo.append(i)
      q.append(v)
    else:
      c.remove(color[i])
  for i in todo:
    color[i] = c.pop()
  
print(M)
for i in color:
  print(i+1)

### FIXED CODE ###

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#############
# Libraries #
#############

import sys
input = sys.stdin.readline

import math
from collections import deque
from fractions import gcd
from functools import lru_cache


#############
# Constants #
#############

MOD = 10**9+7
INF = float('inf')

#############
# Functions #
#############

######INPUT######
def inputI(): return int(input().strip())
def inputS(): return input().strip()
def inputIL(): return list(map(int,input().split()))
def inputSL(): return list(map(str,input().split()))
def inputILs(n): return list(int(input()) for _ in range(n))
def inputSLs(n): return list(input().strip() for _ in range(n))
def inputILL(n): return [list(map(int, input().split())) for _ in range(n)]
def inputSLL(n): return [list(map(str, input().split())) for _ in range(n)]

#####Inverse#####
def inv(n): return pow(n, MOD-2, MOD)

######Combination######
kaijo_memo = []
def kaijo(n):
  if(len(kaijo_memo) > n):
    return kaijo_memo[n]
  if(len(kaijo_memo) == 0):
    kaijo_memo.append(1)
  while(len(kaijo_memo) <= n):
    kaijo_memo.append(kaijo_memo[-1] * len(kaijo_memo) % MOD)
  return kaijo_memo[n]

gyaku_kaijo_memo = []
def gyaku_kaijo(n):
  if(len(gyaku_kaijo_memo) > n):
    return gyaku_kaijo_memo[n]
  if(len(gyaku_kaijo_memo) == 0):
    gyaku_kaijo_memo.append(1)
  while(len(gyaku_kaijo_memo) <= n):
    gyaku_kaijo_memo.append(gyaku_kaijo_memo[-1] * pow(len(gyaku_kaijo_memo),MOD-2,MOD) % MOD)
  return gyaku_kaijo_memo[n]

def nCr(n,r):
  if(n == r):
    return 1
  if(n < r or r < 0):
    return 0
  ret = 1
  ret = ret * kaijo(n) % MOD
  ret = ret * gyaku_kaijo(r) % MOD
  ret = ret * gyaku_kaijo(n-r) % MOD
  return ret

######Factorization######
def factorization(n):
    arr = []
    temp = n
    for i in range(2, int(-(-n**0.5//1))+1):
        if temp%i==0:
            cnt=0
            while temp%i==0:
                cnt+=1
                temp //= i
            arr.append([i, cnt])
    if temp!=1:
        arr.append([temp, 1])

    if arr==[]:
        arr.append([n, 1])
    return arr

#####LCM#####
def lcm(a, b):
    return a * b // gcd (a, b)

#############
# Main Code #
#############

N = inputI()

graph = [[] for _ in range(N)]
edges = []
 
for _ in range(N - 1):
  a, b = inputIL()
  edges.append((a-1, b-1))
  
for a, b in edges:
  graph[a].append(b)
  graph[b].append(a)
  
k = max(len(edges) for edges in graph)

colors = [color for color in range(1, k + 1)]
usedcolor = [ None for _ in range(N) ]
colored = {}

def youcanusethiscolor(u):
  for c in colors:
    if c == usedcolor[u]:
      continue
    yield c
    
for u in range(N):
  color = youcanusethiscolor(u)
  for v in graph[u]:
    if (u,v) not in colored and (v,u) not in colored:
      now = next(color)
      colored[(u,v)] = colored[(v,u)] = now
      usedcolor[v] = now
  
print(k)
for a,b in edges:
  print(colored[(a,b)])