import java.io.*; 
import java.math.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.Point;
 
public class Main {
	//static final long MOD = 998244353L;
	//static final long INF = 1000000000000000007L;
	static final long MOD = 1000000007L;
	//static final int INF = 1000000007;
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();
		PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
		int N = sc.ni();
		ArrayList<Edge>[] edges = new ArrayList[N];
		for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
			edges[i] = new ArrayList<Edge>();
		}
		
		for (int i = 0; i < N-1; i++) {
			int n1 = sc.ni()-1;
			int n2 = sc.ni()-1;
			edges[n1].add(new Edge(n2,i));
			edges[n2].add(new Edge(n1,i));
		}
		int max = 0;
		int root = -1;
		for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
			if (edges[i].size() > max) {
				max = edges[i].size();
				root = i;
			}
		}
		
		int[] ans = new int[N-1];
		int[] parentColor = new int[N];
		parentColor[root] = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
		Queue<Integer> bfs = new LinkedList<Integer>();
		bfs.add(root);
		while (!bfs.isEmpty()) {
			int node = bfs.remove();
			int col = 1;
			for (Edge e: edges[node]) {
				if (parentColor[e.to] == 0) {
					if (col==parentColor[node])col++;
					parentColor[e.to] = col;
					ans[e.index] = col;
					bfs.add(e.to);
					col++;
				}
			}
		}
		
		pw.println(max);
		for (int a: ans) {
			pw.println(a);
		}
		pw.close();
 	}
	
	static class Edge {
		public int to;
		public int index;
		public Edge(int t, int i) {
			to = t;
			index = i;
		}
	}
	
	static class DisjointSetUnion {
		public int[] parent;
		public int[] weight;
		public int count;

		public DisjointSetUnion(int nodes) {
			count = nodes;
			parent = new int[nodes];
			weight = new int[nodes];
			for (int i = 0; i < nodes; i++) {
				parent[i] = i;
				weight[i] = 1;
			}
		}
		//"find"
		public int root(int p) {
			while (p != parent[p]) {
				p = parent[p];
			}
			return p;
		}

		//"union"
		public void connect(int p, int q) {
			int rootP = root(p);
			int rootQ = root(q);
			if (rootP == rootQ) return;
			if (weight[rootP] < weight[rootQ]) {
				parent[rootP] = rootQ;
				weight[rootQ] += weight[rootP];
			} else {
				parent[rootQ] = rootP;
				weight[rootP] += weight[rootQ];
			}
			count--;
		}

		public boolean connected(int p, int q) {
			return root(p) == root(q);
		}
	}
    
    public static long power(long x, long y, long p) { 
        // Initialize result
        long res = 1;
         
        // Update x if it is more   
        // than or equal to p 
        x = x % p;  
      
        while (y > 0) 
        { 
            // If y is odd, multiply x 
            // with result 
            if((y & 1)==1) 
                res = (res * x) % p; 
      
            // y must be even now 
            // y = y / 2 
            y = y >> 1;  
            x = (x * x) % p;  
        } 
        return res; 
    }
    
    public static long dist(int[] point, int[] point2) {
    	return (long)(Math.pow((point2[1]-point[1]),2)+Math.pow((point2[0]-point[0]),2));
    }
    
    public static long gcd(long a, long b) {
    	if (b == 0)
    		return a;
    	else
    		return gcd(b,a%b);
    }
    
    public static int[][] sort(int[][] array) {
    	//Sort an array (immune to quicksort TLE)
		Random rgen = new Random();
		for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
		    int randomPosition = rgen.nextInt(array.length);
		    int[] temp = array[i];
		    array[i] = array[randomPosition];
		    array[randomPosition] = temp;
		}
		Arrays.sort(array, new Comparator<int[]>() {
			  @Override
        	  public int compare(int[] arr1, int[] arr2) {
				  return arr2[0]-arr1[0]; //descending order
	          }
		});
		return array;
	}
    
    public static long[][] sort(long[][] array) {
    	//Sort an array (immune to quicksort TLE)
		Random rgen = new Random();
		for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
		    int randomPosition = rgen.nextInt(array.length);
		    long[] temp = array[i];
		    array[i] = array[randomPosition];
		    array[randomPosition] = temp;
		}
		Arrays.sort(array, new Comparator<long[]>() {
			  @Override
			  //Descending order
        	  public int compare(long[] arr1, long[] arr2) {
				  if (arr2[0] < arr1[0])
					  return -1;
				  if (arr2[0] > arr1[0])
					  return 1;
				  return 0;
	          }
		});
		return array;
	}
    
    static class FastScanner { 
        BufferedReader br; 
        StringTokenizer st; 
  
        public FastScanner() { 
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); 
        } 
  
        String next() { 
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) { 
                try { 
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException  e) { 
                    e.printStackTrace(); 
                } 
            } 
            return st.nextToken(); 
        } 
  
        int ni() { 
            return Integer.parseInt(next()); 
        } 
  
        long nl() { 
            return Long.parseLong(next()); 
        } 
  
        double nd() { 
            return Double.parseDouble(next()); 
        } 
  
        String nextLine() { 
            String str = ""; 
            try { 
                str = br.readLine(); 
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace(); 
            } 
            return str; 
        }
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 56348