import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public class Main {
    FastScanner in;
    PrintWriter out;
    int MOD = (int)1e9+7;
    long ceil(long a, long b){return (a + b - 1) / b;}
    long gcd(long a, long b){return b == 0 ? a : gcd(b, a % b);}
    long lcm(long a, long b){return a / gcd(a, b) * b;}

    void solve(){
        int N = in.nextInt(), M = N-1;
        ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> G = new ArrayList<>();
        for(int i = 0; i < N; i++) G.add(new ArrayList<>());
        HashMap<Long, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
        int[][] edge = new int[N-1][3];
        for(int i = 0; i < M; i++){
            int a = in.nextInt()-1;
            int b = in.nextInt()-1;
            edge[i][0] = a;
            edge[i][1] = b;
            map.put(a + b * (long)1e6, i);
            G.get(a).add(b);
            G.get(b).add(a);
        }
        int s = -1, max = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < N; i++){
            if(G.get(i).size() > max){
                max = G.get(i).size();
                s = i;
            }
        }
        out.println(max);

        int[] c = new int[N];
        boolean[] visited = new boolean[N];
        ArrayDeque<int[]> queue = new ArrayDeque<>();
        queue.addLast(new int[]{s, -1});
        visited[s] = true;

        while(!queue.isEmpty()){
            int[] e = queue.removeFirst();
            int v = e[0], pc = e[1];
            int label = 0;
            for(int next : G.get(v)){
                if(visited[next]) continue;
                visited[next] = true;
                int a = v, b = next;
                if(a > b){
                    int tmp = a;
                    a = b;
                    b = tmp;
                }
                if(label == pc) label++;
                int idx = map.get(a + b * (long)1e6);
                edge[idx][2] = label;
                queue.addLast(new int[]{next, label});
                label++;
            }
        }

        for(int[] e : edge){
            out.println(e[2]+1);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Main().m();
    }

    private void m() {
        in = new FastScanner(System.in);
        out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        /*
        try {
            String path = "output.txt";
            out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(new File(path))));
        }catch (IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        */
        solve();
        out.flush();
        in.close();
        out.close();
    }

    static class FastScanner {
        private Reader input;

        public FastScanner() {this(System.in);}
        public FastScanner(InputStream stream) {this.input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));}
        public void close() {
            try {
                this.input.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        public int nextInt() {return (int) nextLong();}

        public long nextLong() {
            try {
                int sign = 1;
                int b = input.read();
                while ((b < '0' || '9' < b) && b != '-' && b != '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                if (b == '-') {
                    sign = -1;
                    b = input.read();
                } else if (b == '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                long ret = b - '0';
                while (true) {
                    b = input.read();
                    if (b < '0' || '9' < b) return ret * sign;
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return -1;
            }
        }

        public double nextDouble() {
            try {
                double sign = 1;
                int b = input.read();
                while ((b < '0' || '9' < b) && b != '-' && b != '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                if (b == '-') {
                    sign = -1;
                    b = input.read();
                } else if (b == '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                double ret = b - '0';
                while (true) {
                    b = input.read();
                    if (b < '0' || '9' < b) break;
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                }
                if (b != '.') return sign * ret;
                double div = 1;
                b = input.read();
                while ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                    div *= 10;
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sign * ret / div;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return Double.NaN;
            }
        }

        public char nextChar() {
            try {
                int b = input.read();
                while (Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return (char) b;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return 0;
            }
        }

        public String nextStr() {
            try {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                int b = input.read();
                while (Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                while (b != -1 && !Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    sb.append((char) b);
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sb.toString();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return "";
            }
        }

        public String nextLine() {
            try {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                int b = input.read();
                while (b != -1 && b != '\n') {
                    sb.append((char) b);
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sb.toString();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return "";
            }
        }

        public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextInt();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public int[] nextIntArrayDec(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextInt() - 1;
            }
            return res;
        }

        public int[] nextIntArray1Index(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i + 1] = nextInt();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public long[] nextLongArrayDec(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong() - 1;
            }
            return res;
        }

        public long[] nextLongArray1Index(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i + 1] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public double[] nextDoubleArray(int n) {
            double[] res = new double[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextDouble();
            }
            return res;
        }
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 68908