#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <numeric>
#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <array>
#include <map>
#include <queue>
#include <time.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <set>
#include <stack>
#include <random>
#include <complex>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#define rep(i,s,n) for(int i = (s); (n) > i; i++)
#define REP(i,n) rep(i,0,n)
#define RANGE(x,a,b) (min(a,b) <= (x) && (x) <= max(a,b)) //hei
#define DUPLE(a,b,c,d) (RANGE(a,c,d) || RANGE(b,c,d) || RANGE(c,a,b) || RANGE(d,a,b))
#define INCLU(a,b,c,d) (RANGE(a,c,d) && (b,c,d))
#define PW(x) ((x)*(x))
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define RALL(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define MODU 1000000007LL
#define bitcheck(a,b)   ((a >> b) & 1)
#define bitset(a,b)      ( a |= (1 << b))
#define bitunset(a,b)    (a &= ~(1 << b))
#define MP(a,b) make_pair((a),(b))
#define Manh(a,b) (abs((a).first-(b).first) + abs((a).second - ((b).second))
#define pritnf printf
#define scnaf scanf
#define itn int
#define PI 3.141592653589


#define izryt bool
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
template<typename A, size_t N, typename T>
void Fill(A(&array)[N], const T & val) {
	std::fill((T*)array, (T*)(array + N), val);
}
pll Dir[4] = {
	{ -1 ,0 },{ 0 , 1 },{ 1 ,0 },{ 0 ,-1 }
};

//[a, b)
#define Getsum(ar, a,b) (ar[b] - ar[a])
#define INF 10000000000000000LL
#define chmax(a,b) a = max(a,b)
#define chmin(a,b) a = min(a,b)

struct Edge {
	int from, to;
	ll w;
	bool operator<(const Edge& rhs) const {
		return MP(w, MP(from, to)) < MP(rhs.w, MP(rhs.from, rhs.to));
	}

};
typedef vector<vector<Edge>> Graph;

ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {
	if (b == 0) return a;
	return gcd(b, a % b);
}

ll factorial(ll n) {//階乗
	ll ret = 1;
	rep(i, 1, n + 1)
		ret = (ret *i) % MODU;

	return ret;
}

ll mod_pow(ll x, ll n, ll mod) {
	ll res = 1;
	while (n > 0) {
		if (n & 1) res = res * x %mod;
		x = x * x%mod;
		n >>= 1;
	}
	return res;
}
ll divmod(ll a, ll b, ll m) { // a/b(mod m)
								  // a/b (mod m)
								  // a*b^-1
								  // b^-1 * b = 1
								  // b^(m-1) = 1 
								  // b^(m-2) * b = 1
								  // b^-1 = b^(m-2)

								  // a/b = a * b^(m-2)

	return (a * 1LL * mod_pow(b, m - 2, m)) % m;
}
ll ncr(ll n, ll r) {
	return divmod(factorial(n), (factorial(r) * (factorial(n - r))) % MODU, MODU);
}

int n;
string base;
bool quest(int from) { //True:base
	printf("?");
	REP(i, n) {
		printf(" %d", (from+ i) % (2*n) + 1);
	}
	cout << endl;
	string str;
	cin >> str;
	return str == base;
}

bool quest(int from, int ad) { //True:base
	printf("?");
	REP(i, n - 1) {
		printf(" %d", (from + i) % (2 * n) + 1);
	}
	printf(" %d", ad + 1);
	
	cout << endl;
	string str;
	cin >> str;
	return str == base;
}

map<pii, int> ans;
Graph g;
int k = 0;

void dfs(int par, int cur, int col) {
	int now = 1;

	for (auto itr : g[cur]) {
		if (itr.to == par) continue;
		if (now == col) now++;
		dfs(cur, itr.to, now);
		ans[{min(cur, itr.to),max(cur, itr.to)}] = now;
		now++;
	}
}

signed main() {
	int n;
	cin >> n;
	g.resize(n);
	vector<pii> ed;
	REP(i, n - 1) {
		int a, b;
		cin >> a >> b;

		a--, b--;
		g[a].push_back({ a,b });
		g[b].push_back({ b,a });
		ed.push_back({ a,b });
	}
	REP(i, n) {
		k = max(k, (int)g[i].size());
	}

	cout << k << endl;

	dfs(0,0,-1);
	REP(i, n - 1) {
		cout << ans[ed[i]] << endl;
	}
	
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 15224