#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>

/***** type *****/
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
template <class T> using vt = vector<T>;
template <class T> using vvt = vector<vector<T>>;
template <class T> using vvvt = vector<vector<vector<T>>>;
template <class T1, class T2> using umap = unordered_map<T1, T2>;
using ml = boost::multiprecision::cpp_int;

/***** define *****/
#define all(c) (c).begin(), (c).end()            // begin to end
#define rep(i, b, e) for (ll i = b; i < e; i++)  // repeat
#define repr(i, b, e) for (ll i = b; e < i; i--) // repeat reverse
#define val(itr) *(itr)                          // get value
/***** const value *****/
#define llong_max 9223372036854775807            // 9 * 10^18
#define ldbl_max 1.79769e+308                    // 1.7 * 10^308
#define mod 1000000007                           // 1e9 + 7
#define pi 3.14159265                            // 3.14 ...
/***** for each macro *****/
#define fori(i, ...) if(ll i = -1) for(__VA_ARGS__) if(i++, true)
#define each(i, e, c) fori(i, auto e = c.begin(); e != c.end(); ++e)
#define forir(i, v, ...) if(ll i = Size(v)) for(__VA_ARGS__) if(i--, true)
#define eachr(i, e, c) forir(i, auto e = c.rbegin(); e != c.rend(); ++e)

/***** lambda *****/
auto Count = [] // long long count value
(auto b, auto e, auto x) { return (ll)count(b, e, x); };
auto CtoN = [] // char to number
(auto c) { return (ll)(c - '0'); };
auto DivC = [] // long double div ceiling
(auto a, auto b) { return ceil((ld)a / (ld)b); };
auto Fix = [] // fix value
(auto b, auto e, auto fix)
{ for (auto it = b; it != e; ++it)* it += fix; };
auto Pow = [] // long long pow
(auto a, auto b) { return (ll)pow(a, b); };
auto Pow2 = [] // long long pow2
(auto n) { return (1LL << n); };
auto Pow10 = [] // long long pow10
(auto n) { return (ll)pow(10, n); };
auto Size = []  // long long collection size
(auto& c) { return (ll)(c).size(); };
auto Sum = [] // long long accumulate
(auto b, auto e) { return accumulate(b, e, 0LL); };

/***** template *****/
template <class T> vvt<T> VVT
(ll ys, ll xs, T fill = T())
{	// vector<vector<T>> resize + fill
	vvt<T> v(ys);
	each(i, y, v) { val(y).resize(xs, fill); } return v;
}
template <class T> vvvt<T> VVVT
(ll zs, ll ys, ll xs, T fill = T())
{	// vector<vector<vector<T>>> resize + fill
	vvvt<T> v(zs);
	each(i, z, v) { val(z) = VVT(ys, xs, fill); } return v;
}
template <class T> vt<T> InputVT
(ll size, T fix = T())
{	// input vector<T> (T != struct) + fix
	vt<T> v(size);
	each(i, e, v) { cin >> val(e); val(e) += fix; } return v;
}
template <class T> vvt<T> InputVVT
(ll ys, ll xs, T fix = T())
{	// input vector<vector<T>> (T != struct) + fix
	vvt<T> v(ys); each(i, y, v) val(y).resize(xs);
	each(i, y, v) each(j, x, val(y)) { cin >> val(x); val(x) += fix; } return v;
}
template <class T> vvvt<T> InputVVVT
(ll zs, ll ys, ll xs, T fix = T())
{	// input vector<vector<vector<T>>> (T != struct) + fix
	vvvt<T> v(zs);
	each(i, z, v) { val(z) = InputVVT<T>(ys, xs, fix); } return v;
}

namespace NyaGadget
{
	/*** DFSライブラリ ***/

	struct NyaDFS
	{
		// DFSで必ず使う変数
		vector<vector<long long>> g;
		// その他の変数
		vector<unordered_map<long long, long long>> edata;
		ll ans = 0;

		/**
		@brief DFS処理関数
		@param r 頂点vの根
		@param v 現在の頂点
		**/
		void Run(long long r, long long v)
		{
			{
				// 頂点の更新処理
			}
			ll count = 0;
			for (auto e: g[v])
			{	// 後戻りしないようにする
				if (e == r) continue;
				{	// 辺の更新処理
					count++;
					if (r != -1 && edata[r][v] == count) count++;
					edata[v][e] = count;
					ans = max(ans, count);
				}
				Run(v, e);
			}
		}
	};
}

using namespace NyaGadget;

struct Edge
{
	ll from;
	ll to;
};

int main(void)
{
	ll N; cin >> N;
	vt<Edge> edge(N - 1);
	each(i, e, edge)
	{
		cin >> e->from >> e->to;
		e->from--; e->to--;
	}

	NyaDFS dfs;
	dfs.g.resize(N);
	each(i, e, edge)
	{
		dfs.g[e->from].push_back(e->to);
		dfs.g[e->to].push_back(e->from);
	}

	dfs.edata.resize(N - 1); ll init = 0;
	each(i, e, dfs.g[0]) dfs.edata[0][val(e)] = ++init;

	dfs.Run(-1, 0);
	cout << dfs.ans << endl;
	each(i, e, edge) cout << dfs.edata[e->from][e->to] << endl;
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 18816