#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

# define REP(i,n) for (int i=0;i<(n);++i)
# define rep(i,a,b) for(int i=a;i<(b);++i)
# define p(s) std::cout << s ;
# define pl(s)  std::cout << s << endl;
# define all(v) v.begin(),v.end()
# define showVector(v) REP(i,v.size()){p(v[i]);p(" ")} pl("")
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T &a, T b){ if(a > b) { a = b; return true;} return false;}
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T &a, T b){ if(a < b) { a = b; return true;} return false;}
typedef long long int ll;
typedef pair<ll,ll> P_ii;
typedef pair<double,double> P_dd;

template<class T>
vector<T> make_vec(size_t a){
    return vector<T>(a);
}

template<class T, class... Ts>
auto make_vec(size_t a, Ts... ts){
  return vector<decltype(make_vec<T>(ts...))>(a, make_vec<T>(ts...));
}

template<typename T,typename V>
typename enable_if<is_class<T>::value==0>::type
fill_v(T &t,const V &v){t=v;}

template<typename T,typename V>
typename enable_if<is_class<T>::value!=0>::type
fill_v(T &t,const V &v){
  for(auto &e:t) fill_v(e,v);
}

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

ll lcm(ll a, ll b){
    ll g = gcd(a,b);
    return (a/g)*b;
}

// 素数判定 O(√n)
bool is_prime(int n){
    for(int i = 2; i * i <= n; i++){
        if(n % i == 0) return false;
    }
    return true;
}

// 約数列挙 O(√n)
vector<ll> divisor(ll n){
    vector<ll> res;
    for(ll i = 1; i * i <= n; i++){
        if(n % i == 0){
            res.push_back(i);
            if(i != n / i) res.push_back(n / i);
        }
    }
    return res;
}

vector<pair<ll, ll> > prime_factorize(ll n) {
    vector<pair<ll, ll> > res;
    for (ll p = 2; p * p <= n; ++p) {
        if (n % p != 0) continue;
        ll num = 0;
        while (n % p == 0) { ++num; n /= p; }
        res.push_back(make_pair(p, num));
    }
    if (n != 1) res.push_back(make_pair(n, 1));
    return res;
}

// auto mod int
// https://youtu.be/L8grWxBlIZ4?t=9858
// https://youtu.be/ERZuLAxZffQ?t=4807 : optimize
// https://youtu.be/8uowVvQ_-Mo?t=1329 : division
const int mod = 1000000007;
struct mint {
  ll x; // typedef long long ll;
  mint(ll x=0):x(x%mod){}
  mint& operator+=(const mint a) {
    if ((x += a.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }
  mint& operator-=(const mint a) {
    if ((x += mod-a.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }
  mint& operator*=(const mint a) {
    (x *= a.x) %= mod;
    return *this;
  }
  mint operator+(const mint a) const {
    mint res(*this);
    return res+=a;
  }
  mint operator-(const mint a) const {
    mint res(*this);
    return res-=a;
  }
  mint operator*(const mint a) const {
    mint res(*this);
    return res*=a;
  }
  mint pow(ll t) const {
    if (!t) return 1;
    mint a = pow(t>>1);
    a *= a;
    if (t&1) a *= *this;
    return a;
  }
 
  // for prime mod
  mint inv() const {
    return pow(mod-2);
  }
  mint& operator/=(const mint a) {
    return (*this) *= a.inv();
  }
  mint operator/(const mint a) const {
    mint res(*this);
    return res/=a;
  }
};

const int MOD = 1000000007;
const int inf=1e9+7;
const ll longinf=1LL<<60 ;

void addM(ll &a, ll b) {
    a += b;
    if (a >= MOD) a -= MOD;
}

void mulM(ll &a, ll b) {
    a = ((a%MOD)*(b%MOD))%MOD ;
}

ll powM(ll a,ll b) {
    ll ret = 1;
    ll tmp = a;
    while(b>0) {
        if((b&1)==1) ret = (ret * tmp) % MOD;
        tmp = (tmp * tmp) % MOD;
        b = b >> 1;
    }
    return ret;
}

vector<int> g[100000];
map<P_ii, int> mp;
int ans;

int dfs(int s, int p){
  int ret = g[s].size();

  for(int v : g[s]){
    if(v == p) continue;
    chmax(ret, dfs(v, s));
  }
  return ret;
}

void dfs2(int s, int p, int c){
  int col = 1;
  for(int v : g[s]){
    if(v == p) continue;
    if(col == c) col++;
    int a = max(s, v);
    int b = min(s, v);
    mp[{a, b}] = col++;
  }
  
  for(int v : g[s]){
    if(v == p) continue;
    int a = max(s, v);
    int b = min(s, v);
    dfs2(v, s, mp[{a, b}]);
  }
}

int main(void) {
  cin.tie(0);
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);  

  int N;
  cin >> N;

  vector<P_ii> v(N - 1);
  REP(i, N - 1){
    int a, b;
    cin >> a >> b;
    a--;b--;
    mp[{a, b}] = -1;
    g[a].push_back(b);
    g[b].push_back(a);
    v[i].first = max(a, b);
    v[i].second = min(a, b);
  }

  ans = dfs(0, -1);
  dfs2(0, -1, -1);
  cout << ans << endl;
  REP(i, N - 1){
    cout << mp[{v[i].first, v[i].second}] << endl;
  }

  return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 20992