#include <cassert>
#include <cctype>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cfloat>
#include <ciso646>
#include <climits>
#include <clocale>
#include <cmath>
#include <csetjmp>
#include <csignal>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <cwchar>
#include <cwctype>
#include <ccomplex>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cinttypes>
#include <cstdbool>
#include <cstdint>
#include <ctgmath>
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <deque>
#include <exception>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <list>
#include <locale>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <new>
#include <numeric>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <utility>
#include <valarray>
#include <vector>
#include <array>
#include <atomic>
#include <chrono>
#include <codecvt>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <forward_list>
#include <future>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <mutex>
#include <random>
#include <ratio>
#include <regex>
#include <scoped_allocator>
#include <system_error>
#include <thread>
#include <tuple>
#include <typeindex>
#include <type_traits>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#define rep(i, n) for(ll i = 0; i < (ll)(n); i++)
#define rep2(i, n) for(int i = 1; i <= (int)(n); i++)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
using namespace std;
typedef int64_t ll;
typedef long double ld;
const ll INF=(1LL<<62);
const double inf=pow(10,10);
const ld pi=acosl(1);
const ll mod = 1000000007;
const int dx[4]={0,1,0,-1};
const int dy[4]={1,0,-1,0};
const int ddx[8]={1,0,-1,-1,-1,0,1,1};
const int ddy[8]={1,1,1,0,-1,-1,-1,0};

long long gcd(long long a,long long b){
	if(a<b)swap(a,b);
	if(a%b==0)return b;
	else return gcd(a%b,b);
}

long long lcm(long long a,long long b){
	return a*b/gcd(a,b);
}
template< int mod >
struct ModInt {
  int x;

  ModInt() : x(0) {}

  ModInt(int64_t y) : x(y >= 0 ? y % mod : (mod - (-y) % mod) % mod) {}

  ModInt &operator+=(const ModInt &p) {
    if((x += p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt &operator-=(const ModInt &p) {
    if((x += mod - p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt &operator*=(const ModInt &p) {
    x = (int) (1LL * x * p.x % mod);
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt &operator/=(const ModInt &p) {
    *this *= p.inverse();
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt(-x); }

  ModInt operator+(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) += p; }

  ModInt operator-(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) -= p; }

  ModInt operator*(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) *= p; }

  ModInt operator/(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) /= p; }

  bool operator==(const ModInt &p) const { return x == p.x; }

  bool operator!=(const ModInt &p) const { return x != p.x; }

  ModInt inverse() const {
    int a = x, b = mod, u = 1, v = 0, t;
    while(b > 0) {
      t = a / b;
      swap(a -= t * b, b);
      swap(u -= t * v, v);
    }
    return ModInt(u);
  }

  ModInt pow(int64_t n) const {
    ModInt ret(1), mul(x);
    while(n > 0) {
      if(n & 1) ret *= mul;
      mul *= mul;
      n >>= 1;
    }
    return ret;
  }

  friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const ModInt &p) {
    return os << p.x;
  }

  friend istream &operator>>(istream &is, ModInt &a) {
    int64_t t;
    is >> t;
    a = ModInt< mod >(t);
    return (is);
  }

  static int get_mod() { return mod; }
};

using modint = ModInt< mod >;

template< typename T >
T binomial(int64_t N, int64_t K) {
  if(K < 0 || N < K) return 0;
  T ret = 1;
  for(ll i = 1; i <= K; ++i) {
    ret *= N--;
    ret /= i;
  }
  return ret;
}

template< typename T >
struct Combination {
  vector< T > _fact, _rfact, _inv;

  Combination(int sz) : _fact(sz + 1), _rfact(sz + 1), _inv(sz + 1) {
    _fact[0] = _rfact[sz] = _inv[0] = 1;
    for(int i = 1; i <= sz; i++) _fact[i] = _fact[i - 1] * i;
    _rfact[sz] /= _fact[sz];
    for(int i = sz - 1; i >= 0; i--) _rfact[i] = _rfact[i + 1] * (i + 1);
    for(int i = 1; i <= sz; i++) _inv[i] = _rfact[i] * _fact[i - 1];
  }

  inline T fact(int k) const { return _fact[k]; }

  inline T rfact(int k) const { return _rfact[k]; }

  inline T inv(int k) const { return _inv[k]; }

  T P(int n, int r) const {
    if(r < 0 || n < r) return 0;
    return fact(n) * rfact(n - r);
  }

  T C(int p, int q) const {
    if(q < 0 || p < q) return 0;
    return fact(p) * rfact(q) * rfact(p - q);
  }

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

struct Edge{
	ll a;
	ll b;
	ll color;
	Edge(ll _a,ll _b,ll _color):a(_a),b(_b),color(_color){}
	void show(){
		cout<<"a"<<a<<" b"<<b<<" color"<<color<<endl;
	}
};

int main(){
	ll n;cin>>n;
	vector<ll>G[n];
	vector<Edge>E;
	rep(i,n-1){
		ll a,b;cin>>a>>b;a--;b--;
		E.push_back(Edge(a,b,-1));
		G[a].push_back(i);
		G[b].push_back(i);
	}
	//u,color
	queue<pair<ll,ll>>que;
	que.push(make_pair(0,-2));
	ll ans=0;
	while(!que.empty()){
		ll u=que.front().first;
		ll pa=que.front().second;
		//cout<<u<<endl;
		que.pop();
		ll c=0;
		for(auto&&i:G[u]){
			if(E[i].color!=-1)continue;
			c++;
			if(pa==c)c++;
			ans=max(ans,c);
			ll a=E[i].a;
			ll b=E[i].b;
			E[i].color=c;
			//E[i].show();
			if(a!=u)que.push(make_pair(a,c));
			if(b!=u)que.push(make_pair(b,c));
		}
	}
	cout<<ans<<endl;
	rep(i,n-1)cout<<E[i].color<<endl;
}



Measured memory_bytes: 9652