#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm> 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <climits>
#include <cfloat>
#include <map>
#include <list>
#include <utility>
#include <set>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <sstream>
#include <complex>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <numeric>
#include <bitset>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <random>

using namespace std;

static const double EPS = 1e-9;
template<class T> bool INRANGE(T x, T a, T b) { return a <= x && x <= b; }
template<class T> void amin(T &a, T v) { if (a > v) a = v; }
template<class T> void amax(T &a, T v) { if (a < v) a = v; }
int ROUND(double x) { return (int)(x + 0.5); }
bool ISINT(double x) { return fabs(ROUND(x) - x) <= EPS; }
bool ISEQUAL(double x, double y) { return fabs(x - y) <= EPS * max(1.0, max(fabs(x), fabs(y))); }
double SQSUM(double x, double y) { return x * x + y * y; }
#define PI  (acos(-1))
#define ARRAY_NUM(a) (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0])) 
#define NG (-1)
#define BIG ((int)1e9+10)
#define BIGLL ((ll)4e18)
#define SZ(a) ((int)(a).size())
#define SQ(a) ((a)*(a))
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long long ll;

/*
struct in {
	int n;
	in() {}
	in(int n_) : n(n_) {};
	template <class T> operator T() {
		T ret;
		cin >> ret;
		return ret;
	}
	template <class T> operator vector<T>() {
		vector<T> ret(n);
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) cin >> ret[i];
		return ret;
	}
};
*/

// modint: mod 計算を int を扱うように扱える構造体
template<int MOD>
struct ModInt {
	long long val;
	constexpr ModInt(long long v = 0) noexcept : val(v % MOD) {
		if (val < 0) v += MOD;
	}
	constexpr int getmod() { return MOD; }
	constexpr ModInt operator - () const noexcept {
		return val ? MOD - val : 0;
	}
	constexpr ModInt operator + (const ModInt& r) const noexcept { return ModInt(*this) += r; }
	constexpr ModInt operator - (const ModInt& r) const noexcept { return ModInt(*this) -= r; }
	constexpr ModInt operator * (const ModInt& r) const noexcept { return ModInt(*this) *= r; }
	constexpr ModInt operator / (const ModInt& r) const noexcept { return ModInt(*this) /= r; }
	constexpr ModInt& operator += (const ModInt& r) noexcept {
		val += r.val;
		if (val >= MOD) val -= MOD;
		return *this;
	}
	constexpr ModInt& operator -= (const ModInt& r) noexcept {
		val -= r.val;
		if (val < 0) val += MOD;
		return *this;
	}
	constexpr ModInt& operator *= (const ModInt& r) noexcept {
		val = val * r.val % MOD;
		return *this;
	}
	constexpr ModInt& operator /= (const ModInt& r) noexcept {
		long long a = r.val, b = MOD, u = 1, v = 0;
		while (b) {
			long long t = a / b;
			a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
			u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
		}
		val = val * u % MOD;
		if (val < 0) val += MOD;
		return *this;
	}
	constexpr bool operator == (const ModInt& r) const noexcept {
		return this->val == r.val;
	}
	constexpr bool operator != (const ModInt& r) const noexcept {
		return this->val != r.val;
	}

	friend ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const ModInt<MOD>& x) noexcept {
		return os << x.val;
	}
	friend istream& operator >> (istream &is, ModInt<MOD>& x) noexcept {
		return is >> x.val;
	}
	friend constexpr ModInt<MOD> modpow(const ModInt<MOD> &a, long long n) noexcept {
		if (n == 0) return 1;
		auto t = modpow(a, n / 2);
		t = t * t;
		if (n & 1) t = t * a;
		return t;
	}
};

// 二項係数ライブラリ
template<class T> struct BiCoef
{
	constexpr BiCoef() {}
	constexpr BiCoef(int n) noexcept : mFact(n, 1), mInv(n, 1), mFInv(n, 1)
	{
		Init(n);
	}

	constexpr void Init(int n) noexcept
	{
		mFact.assign(n, 1), mInv.assign(n, 1), mFInv.assign(n, 1);
		int MOD = mFact[0].getmod();
		for (int i = 2; i < n; i++) {
			mFact[i] = mFact[i - 1] * i;
			mInv[i] = -mInv[MOD%i] * (MOD / i);
			mFInv[i] = mFInv[i - 1] * mInv[i];
		}
	}

	constexpr T Fact(int n) const noexcept {
		if (n < 0) return 0;
		return mFact[n];
	}

	constexpr T Comb(int n, int k) const noexcept {
		if (n < k || n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
		return mFact[n] * mFInv[k] * mFInv[n - k];
	}

	constexpr T Perm(int n, int k) const noexcept {
		if (n < k || n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
		return mFact[n] * mFInv[k] * mFInv[n - k];
	}

	constexpr T Homo(int n, int r) const {
		if (n < 0 || r < 0) return 0;
		return r == 0 ? 1 : Comb(n + r - 1, r);
	}

	constexpr T inv(int n) const noexcept {
		if (n < 0) return 0;
		return mInv[n];
	}

	constexpr T finv(int n) const noexcept {
		if (n < 0) return 0;
		return mFInv[n];
	}

	vector<T> mFact;
	vector<T> mInv;
	vector<T> mFInv;
};

const int MOD = 1000000007;
using mint = ModInt<MOD>;
BiCoef<mint> bc(1e6 + 100); // 1M * 3 * 8B(ll) = 24MB 


vector <vector < pair <int, int> > > adj;	// next_v, edge_id
vector <int> ans;

void dfs(int v, int prev_v, int prev_c)
{
	int c = 0;
	for (auto pr : adj[v])
	{
		const int next_v = pr.first;
		if (next_v == prev_v) continue;
		if (c == prev_c) c++;

		ans[pr.second] = c;
		dfs(next_v, v, c);
		c++;
	}
}

int main()
{
	int N;
	cin >> N;

	adj.resize(N);
	ans.resize(N - 1);
	fill(all(ans), NG);

	for (int i = 0; i < N-1; ++i)
	{
		int a;
		int b;
		cin >> a >> b;

		a--;
		b--;
		adj[a].emplace_back(b, i);
		adj[b].emplace_back(a, i);
	}

	dfs(0, NG, NG);

	const int numColors = *max_element(all(ans)) + 1;
	cout << numColors << endl;

	for (int c : ans)
	{
		cout << c + 1 << endl;
	}


	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 31744