#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <cstring>
#include <cmath>
#include <map>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <stack>
#include <set>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tuple>
#include <bitset>
#include <cfloat>
#include <fstream>
#include <limits.h>
#include <list>
#include <math.h>
#include <random>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <bitset>
#include <numeric>
#include <utility>
#include <sstream>

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;
}

using namespace std;
#define int long long
#define ll long long
#define rep(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (n); i++)
#define FOR(i,a,b) for(ll i=(a);i<(b);i++)
#define FORR(i,a,b)for(ll i=(a);i<=(b);i++)
#define repr(i,n) for(ll i=n;i>=0;i--)
#define P pair<ll, ll>
#define sz(x) (ll)x.size()
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define ALLR(x) (x).rbegin(),(x).rend()
#define VE vector<ll>
#define COUT(x) cout<<(x)<<endl
#define MA map<ll,ll>
#define SE set<ll>
#define PQ priority_queue<ll>
#define PQR priority_queue<ll,VE,greater<ll>>
#define COUT(x) cout<<(x)<<endl
#define YES(n) cout << ((n) ? "YES" : "NO"  ) << endl
#define Yes(n) cout << ((n) ? "Yes" : "No"  ) << endl
#define EPS (1e-10)
#define pb push_back

const long long MOD = 1000000007;
//const long long MOD = 998244353;
const long long INF = 1LL << 60;
const double PI = acos(-1.0);


long long modinv(long long a, long long m) {
	long long b = m, u = 1, v = 0;
	while (b) {
		long long t = a / b;
		a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
		u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
	}
	u %= m;
	if (u < 0) u += m;
	return u;
}
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {
	if (a < b)swap(a, b);
	if (b == 0) return a;
	unsigned r;
	while ((r = a % b)) {
		a = b;
		b = r;
	}
	return b;
}
ll lcm(ll a, ll b) {
	ll g = gcd(a, b);
	return a * b / g;
}
bool prime(ll n) {
	for (ll i = 2; i <= sqrt(n); i++) {
		if (n%i == 0)return false;
	}
	return n != 1;
}
map<ll, ll> prime_factor(ll n) {
	map<ll, ll> ret;
	for (ll i = 2; i * i <= n; i++) {
		while (n % i == 0) {
			ret[i]++;
			n /= i;
		}
	}
	if (n != 1) ret[n] = 1;
	return ret;
}
const int MAX = 510000;
long long fac[MAX], finv[MAX], inv[MAX];
void COMinit() {
	fac[0] = fac[1] = 1;
	finv[0] = finv[1] = 1;
	inv[1] = 1;
	for (int i = 2; i < MAX; i++) {
		fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % MOD;
		inv[i] = MOD - inv[MOD%i] * (MOD / i) % MOD;
		finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % MOD;
	}
}
long long COM(int n, int k) {
	if (n < k) return 0;
	if (n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
	return fac[n] * (finv[k] * finv[n - k] % MOD) % MOD;
}
using Graph = vector<VE>;

int k = 0;
map<P,int>mp;
// 木上の探索
// v: 現在探索中の頂点、p: v の親 (v が根のときは -1)
void dfs(const Graph &G, int v, int p,int color) {
	
	for (auto nv : G[v]) {
		if (nv == p) continue; // nv が親 p だったらダメ
		color++;
		color %= k;
		int a = v,  b = nv;
		if (a > b)swap(a, b);
		mp[{a,b}] = color;
		dfs(G, nv, v,color); // v は新たに nv の親になります
	}
}
signed main() {
	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
	cin.tie(0);
	cout.tie(0);
	int n; cin >> n;
	Graph G(n);
	VE a(n-1), b(n-1);
	rep(i, n - 1) {
		cin >> a[i] >> b[i]; a[i]--; b[i]--;
		if (a[i] > b[i])swap(a[i], b[i]);
		G[a[i]].push_back(b[i]); G[b[i]].push_back(a[i]);
	}
	int idx = 0;
	rep(i, n) {
		if (chmax(k, (int)G[i].size())) {
			idx = i;
		}
	}
	cout << k << endl;
	dfs(G, idx, -1, 0);
	/*for (auto x : mp) {
		cout << x.second << endl;
	}*/
	rep(i, n - 1)cout << mp[{a[i], b[i]}] + 1 << endl;
	return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 15360