using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Text;
using static Template;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Convert;
using static System.Math;
using Pi = Pair<int, int>;
using Number = System.Int64;

class Solver
{
    Scanner sc = new Scanner();
    //
    int[] res;
    List<Pi>[] edge;
    public void Solve()
    {
        var N = sc.Int;
        edge = Create(N, () => new List<Pi>());
        for (var i = 0; i < N - 1; i++)
        {
            int a, b; sc.Make(out a, out b); a--; b--;
            edge[a].Add(new Pi(b, i)); edge[b].Add(new Pi(a, i));
        }res = new int[N-1];
        WriteLine(edge.Max(v => v.Count));
        dfs(0, -1, 0);Console.WriteLine(string.Join("\n", res));
    }
    void dfs(int idx,int p,int n)
    {
        var cl = 1;
        foreach (var e in edge[idx])
            if (e.v1 != p)
            {
                if (cl == n) cl++;
                res[e.v2] = cl;
                dfs(e.v1, idx, cl++);
            }
    }
}

#region Template
public class Template
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.SetOut(new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false });
        new Solver().Solve();
        Console.Out.Flush();
    }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static bool chmin<T>(ref T num, T val) where T : IComparable<T>
    { if (num.CompareTo(val) == 1) { num = val; return true; } return false; }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static bool chmax<T>(ref T num, T val) where T : IComparable<T>
    { if (num.CompareTo(val) == -1) { num = val; return true; } return false; }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static void swap<T>(ref T v1, ref T v2)
    { var t = v2; v2 = v1; v1 = t; }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static T[] Create<T>(int n, Func<T> f)
    {
        var rt = new T[n];
        for (var i = 0; i < rt.Length; ++i)
            rt[i] = f();
        return rt;
    }
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public static T[] Create<T>(int n, Func<int, T> f)
    {
        var rt = new T[n];
        for (var i = 0; i < rt.Length; ++i)
            rt[i] = f(i);
        return rt;
    }
    public static void Fail<T>(T s) { Console.WriteLine(s); Console.Out.Close(); Environment.Exit(0); }
}

public class Scanner
{
    public string Str => ReadLine().Trim();
    public int Int => int.Parse(Str);
    public long Long => long.Parse(Str);
    public double Double => double.Parse(Str);
    public int[] ArrInt => Str.Split(' ').Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
    public long[] ArrLong => Str.Split(' ').Select(long.Parse).ToArray();
    public char[][] Grid(int n) => Create(n, () => Str.ToCharArray());
    public int[] ArrInt1D(int n) => Create(n, () => Int);
    public long[] ArrLong1D(int n) => Create(n, () => Long);
    public int[][] ArrInt2D(int n) => Create(n, () => ArrInt);
    public long[][] ArrLong2D(int n) => Create(n, () => ArrLong);
    public Pair<T1, T2> PairMake<T1, T2>() => new Pair<T1, T2>(Next<T1>(), Next<T2>());
    public Pair<T1, T2, T3> PairMake<T1, T2, T3>() => new Pair<T1, T2, T3>(Next<T1>(), Next<T2>(), Next<T3>());
    private Queue<string> q = new Queue<string>();
    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public T Next<T>() { if (q.Count == 0) foreach (var item in Str.Split(' ')) q.Enqueue(item); return (T)Convert.ChangeType(q.Dequeue(), typeof(T)); }
    public void Make<T1>(out T1 v1) => v1 = Next<T1>();
    public void Make<T1, T2>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2) { v1 = Next<T1>(); v2 = Next<T2>(); }
    public void Make<T1, T2, T3>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2, out T3 v3) { Make(out v1, out v2); v3 = Next<T3>(); }
    public void Make<T1, T2, T3, T4>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2, out T3 v3, out T4 v4) { Make(out v1, out v2, out v3); v4 = Next<T4>(); }
    public void Make<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2, out T3 v3, out T4 v4, out T5 v5) { Make(out v1, out v2, out v3, out v4); v5 = Next<T5>(); }
    public void Make<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6>(out T1 v1, out T2 v2, out T3 v3, out T4 v4, out T5 v5, out T6 v6) { Make(out v1, out v2, out v3, out v4, out v5); v6 = Next<T6>(); }
}
public class Pair<T1, T2> : IComparable<Pair<T1, T2>>
{
    public T1 v1;
    public T2 v2;
    public Pair() { }
    public Pair(T1 v1, T2 v2)
    { this.v1 = v1; this.v2 = v2; }

    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public int CompareTo(Pair<T1, T2> p)
    {
        var c = Comparer<T1>.Default.Compare(v1, p.v1);
        if (c == 0)
            c = Comparer<T2>.Default.Compare(v2, p.v2);
        return c;
    }
    public override string ToString()
        => $"{v1.ToString()} {v2.ToString()}";
    public void Tie(out T1 a, out T2 b) { a = v1; b = v2; }
}

public class Pair<T1, T2, T3> : Pair<T1, T2>, IComparable<Pair<T1, T2, T3>>
{
    public T3 v3;
    public Pair() : base() { }
    public Pair(T1 v1, T2 v2, T3 v3) : base(v1, v2)
    { this.v3 = v3; }

    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
    public int CompareTo(Pair<T1, T2, T3> p)
    {
        var c = base.CompareTo(p);
        if (c == 0)
            c = Comparer<T3>.Default.Compare(v3, p.v3);
        return c;
    }
    public override string ToString()
        => $"{base.ToString()} {v3.ToString()}";
    public void Tie(out T1 a, out T2 b, out T3 c) { Tie(out a, out b); c = v3; }
}
#endregion


Measured memory_bytes: 36032