#pragma GCC optimize ("O3")
#include "bits/stdc++.h"

using namespace std;
using ll = long long int;

#define debugos cout
#define debug(v) {printf("L%d %s > ",__LINE__,#v);debugos<<(v)<<endl;}
#define debugv(v) {printf("L%d %s > ",__LINE__,#v);for(auto e:(v)){debugos<<e<<" ";}debugos<<endl;}
#define debuga(m,w) {printf("L%d %s > ",__LINE__,#m);for(int x=0;x<(w);x++){debugos<<(m)[x]<<" ";}debugos<<endl;}
#define debugaa(m,h,w) {printf("L%d %s >\n",__LINE__,#m);for(int y=0;y<(h);y++){for(int x=0;x<(w);x++){debugos<<(m)[y][x]<<" ";}debugos<<endl;}}
#define all(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define repeat(cnt,l) for(auto cnt=remove_reference<decltype(l)>::type();(cnt)<(l);++(cnt))
#define rrepeat(cnt,l) for(auto cnt=(l)-1;0<=(cnt);--(cnt))
#define iterate(cnt,b,e) for(auto cnt=(b);(cnt)!=(e);++(cnt))
#define diterate(cnt,b,e) for(auto cnt=(b);(cnt)!=(e);--(cnt))
const ll MD = 1000000007ll; const long double PI = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795L;
inline void assert_call(bool assertion, function<void()> f) { if (!assertion) { cerr << "assertion fault:" << endl; f(); abort(); } }
template<typename T1, typename T2> inline ostream& operator <<(ostream &o, const pair<T1, T2> p) { o << '(' << p.first << ':' << p.second << ')'; return o; }
template<typename Vec> inline ostream& _ostream_vecprint(ostream& os, const Vec& a) {
  os << '['; for (const auto& e : a) os << ' ' << e << ' '; os << ']'; return os; }
template<typename T> inline ostream& operator<<(ostream& o, const vector<T>& v) { return _ostream_vecprint(o, v); }
template<typename T, size_t S> inline ostream& operator<<(ostream& o, const array<T, S>& v) { return _ostream_vecprint(o, v); }
template<typename T> inline T& chmax(T& to, const T& val) { return to = max(to, val); }
template<typename T> inline T& chmin(T& to, const T& val) { return to = min(to, val); }
void bye(string s, int code = 0) { cout << s << endl; exit(code); }
mt19937_64 randdev(8901016);
template<typename T, typename Random = decltype(randdev), typename enable_if<is_integral<T>::value>::type* = nullptr>
inline T rand(T l, T h, Random& rand = randdev) { return uniform_int_distribution<T>(l, h)(rand); }
template<typename T, typename Random = decltype(randdev), typename enable_if<is_floating_point<T>::value>::type* = nullptr>
inline T rand(T l, T h, Random& rand = randdev) { return uniform_real_distribution<T>(l, h)(rand); }

#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
#define getc_x _getc_nolock
#define putc_x _putc_nolock
#elif defined(__GNUC__)
#define getc_x getc_unlocked
#define putc_x putc_unlocked
#else
#define getc_x getc
#define putc_x putc
#endif
#define isvisiblechar(c) (0x21<=(c)&&(c)<=0x7E)
class MaiScanner {
  FILE* fp_;
public:
  inline MaiScanner(FILE* fp):fp_(fp){}
  template<typename T> void input_integer(T& var) noexcept {
    var = 0; T sign = 1;
    int cc = getc_x(fp_);
    for (; cc < '0' || '9' < cc; cc = getc_x(fp_))
      if (cc == '-') sign = -1;
    for (; '0' <= cc && cc <= '9'; cc = getc_x(fp_))
      var = (var << 3) + (var << 1) + cc - '0';
    var = var * sign;
  }
  inline int c() noexcept { return getc_x(fp_); }
  inline MaiScanner& operator>>(int& var) noexcept { input_integer<int>(var); return *this; }
  inline MaiScanner& operator>>(long long& var) noexcept { input_integer<long long>(var); return *this; }
  inline MaiScanner& operator>>(string& var) {
    int cc = getc_x(fp_);
    for (; !isvisiblechar(cc); cc = getc_x(fp_));
    for (; isvisiblechar(cc); cc = getc_x(fp_))
      var.push_back(cc);
    return *this;
  }
  template<typename IT> inline void in(IT begin, IT end) { for (auto it = begin; it != end; ++it) *this >> *it; }
};
class MaiPrinter {
  FILE* fp_;
public:
  inline MaiPrinter(FILE* fp):fp_(fp){}
  template<typename T>
  void output_integer(T var) noexcept {
    if (var == 0) { putc_x('0', fp_); return; }
    if (var < 0)
      putc_x('-', fp_),
      var = -var;
    char stack[32]; int stack_p = 0;
    while (var)
      stack[stack_p++] = '0' + (var % 10),
      var /= 10;
    while (stack_p)
      putc_x(stack[--stack_p], fp_);
  }
  inline MaiPrinter& operator<<(char c) noexcept { putc_x(c, fp_); return *this; }
  inline MaiPrinter& operator<<(int var) noexcept { output_integer<int>(var); return *this; }
  inline MaiPrinter& operator<<(long long var) noexcept { output_integer<long long>(var); return *this; }
  inline MaiPrinter& operator<<(char* str_p) noexcept { while (*str_p) putc_x(*(str_p++), fp_); return *this; }
  inline MaiPrinter& operator<<(const string& str) {
    const char* p = str.c_str();
    const char* l = p + str.size();
    while (p < l) putc_x(*p++, fp_);
    return *this;
  }
  template<typename IT> void join(IT begin, IT end, char sep = ' ') { for (bool b = 0; begin != end; ++begin, b = 1) b ? *this << sep << *begin : *this << *begin; }
};
MaiScanner scanner(stdin);
MaiPrinter printer(stdout);

// Edge構造体を定義する無向グラフ
class GraphE {
 public:
  using W_T = int;
  struct Edge {
    int u, v;
    W_T value;
    Edge(int from = 0, int to = 0, W_T value = 0) : u(from), v(to), value(value) {}
    inline int to(int _v) const { return _v == v ? u : v; }
  };
  size_t n;
  vector<vector<int>> vertex_to;
  vector<Edge> edges;

  explicit GraphE(int n = 1) : n(n), vertex_to(n) {}

  inline size_t size() const noexcept { return n; }
  void resize(size_t _n) { vertex_to.resize(n = _n); }
  void connect(int from, int to, W_T val = 0) {
    vertex_to[(size_t)from].push_back((int)edges.size());
    vertex_to[(size_t)to].push_back((int)edges.size());
    edges.emplace_back(from, to, val);
  }
  void connect(vector<Edge>&& es) {
    edges = move(es);
    for (int i = 0; (size_t)i < edges.size(); ++i) {
      vertex_to[edges[i].u].push_back(i);
      vertex_to[edges[i].v].push_back(i);
    }
  }
};

//

int N, M;
GraphE graph;
int K = 0;

//

void dfs(int v, int from = -1, int color = -1) {
  chmax(K, int(graph.vertex_to[v].size()));
  int counter = 0;
  for (auto ei : graph.vertex_to[v]) {
    auto& e = graph.edges[ei];
    if (e.to(v) == from) continue;
    if (++counter == color) ++counter;
    e.value = counter;
    dfs(e.to(v), v, counter);
  }
}


int main() {
  
  scanner >> N;
  M = N - 1;
  graph.resize(N);
  
  repeat(i, M) {
    int a, b; scanner >> a >> b;
    --a; --b;
    graph.connect(a, b);
  }
  dfs(0);
  
  printer << K << '\n';
  for (auto e : graph.edges) {
    printer << e.value << '\n';
  }
  
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 7220