import java.io.*;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.StringJoiner;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class Main {

    static int N;
    static Edge[] E;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner(System.in);
        N = sc.nextInt();
        E = new Edge[N-1];
        for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++) {
            E[i] = new Edge(sc.nextInt()-1, sc.nextInt()-1);
        }

        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        solve(pw);
        pw.flush();
    }

    static void solve(PrintWriter pw) {
        Edge[][] G = adjB(N, E);

        int mostNode = -1;
        int mostDegree = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            if( G[i].length > mostDegree ) {
                mostDegree = G[i].length;
                mostNode = i;
            }
        }

        // AtCoderはdfsにやさしいだろうという甘え
        // 駄目ならライブラリを使う(最初から使えばよいのでは...?)
        dfs(mostNode, G);

        pw.println(mostDegree);
        for (Edge e : E) {
            pw.println(e.c);
        }
    }

    static void dfs(int node, Edge[][] G) {
        int used = -1;
        for (Edge e : G[node]) {
            if( e.c != -1 ) {
                used = e.c;
                break;
            }
        }

        int color = 1;
        for (Edge e : G[node]) {
            if( e.c == -1 ) {
                if( color == used ) {
                    color++;
                }
                e.c = color++;

                int b = e.a == node ? e.b : e.a;
                dfs(b, G);
            }
        }
    }

    static Edge[][] adjB(int n, Edge[] E) {
        Edge[][] adj = new Edge[n][];
        int[] cnt = new int[n];
        for (Edge e : E) {
            cnt[e.a]++;
            cnt[e.b]++;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            adj[i] = new Edge[cnt[i]];
        }
        for (Edge e : E) {
            adj[e.a][--cnt[e.a]] = e;
            adj[e.b][--cnt[e.b]] = e;
        }
        return adj;
    }

    static class Edge {
        int a, b;
        int c = -1;

        public Edge(int a, int b) {
            this.a = a;
            this.b = b;
        }
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    static class FastScanner {
        private BufferedReader reader;
        private StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        FastScanner(InputStream in) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        String next() {
            if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        String nextLine() {
            if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    return reader.readLine();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken("\n");
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

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

        int[] nextIntArray(int n, int delta) {
            int[] a = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt() + delta;
            return a;
        }

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

    static void writeLines(int[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int a : as) pw.println(a);
        pw.flush();
    }

    static void writeLines(long[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (long a : as) pw.println(a);
        pw.flush();
    }

    static void writeSingleLine(int[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int i = 0; i < as.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) pw.print(" ");
            pw.print(as[i]);
        }
        pw.println();
        pw.flush();
    }

    static int max(int... as) {
        int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        for (int a : as) max = Math.max(a, max);
        return max;
    }

    static int min(int... as) {
        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (int a : as) min = Math.min(a, min);
        return min;
    }

    static void debug(Object... args) {
        StringJoiner j = new StringJoiner(" ");
        for (Object arg : args) {
            if (arg == null) j.add("null");
            else if (arg instanceof int[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((int[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof long[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((long[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof double[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((double[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof Object[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((Object[]) arg));
            else j.add(arg.toString());
        }
        System.err.println(j.toString());
    }

    static void printSingleLine(int[] array) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) pw.print(" ");
            pw.print(array[i]);
        }
        pw.println();
        pw.flush();
    }

    static int lowerBound(int[] array, int value) {
        int lo = 0, hi = array.length, mid;
        while (lo < hi) {
            mid = (hi + lo) / 2;
            if (array[mid] < value) lo = mid + 1;
            else hi = mid;
        }
        return lo;
    }

    static int upperBound(int[] array, int value) {
        int lo = 0, hi = array.length, mid;
        while (lo < hi) {
            mid = (hi + lo) / 2;
            if (array[mid] <= value) lo = mid + 1;
            else hi = mid;
        }
        return lo;
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 46696