using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var N = sc.ReadInt();
        var AB = new Tuple<int, int>[N - 1];
        for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++)
        {
            AB[i] = Tuple.Create(sc.ReadInt() - 1, sc.ReadInt() - 1);
        }
        var tree = new List<int>[(int)1e5];
        var color = new HashMap<Tuple<int, int>, int>();
        var max = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++)
        {
            var a = AB[i].Item1;
            var b = AB[i].Item2;
            if (tree[a] == null) tree[a] = new List<int>();
            if (tree[b] == null) tree[b] = new List<int>();
            tree[a].Add(b);
            tree[b].Add(a);
            max = Math.Max(max, tree[a].Count);
            max = Math.Max(max, tree[b].Count);
        }

        var q = new Queue<Tuple<int, int>>(); // to(from), color
        q.Enqueue(Tuple.Create(0, 0));
        while (q.Count > 0)
        {
            var t = q.Dequeue();
            var from = t.Item1;
            var c = t.Item2;
            var now = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < tree[from].Count; i++)
            {
                var to = tree[from][i];
                var tup1 = Tuple.Create(from, to);
                var tup2 = Tuple.Create(to, from);
                if (color[tup1] > 0) continue;
                now++;
                if (now == c) now++;
                color[tup1] = now;
                color[tup2] = now;
                q.Enqueue(Tuple.Create(to, now));
            }
        }

        Console.WriteLine(max);
        for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(color[AB[i]]);
        }
    }

    class HashMap<K, V> : Dictionary<K, V> where V : new()
    {
        private V DefaltValue = new V();
        public HashMap() { }
        public HashMap(V defaultValue)
        {
            this.DefaltValue = new V();
        }
        new public V this[K i]
        {
            get
            {
                V v;
                return TryGetValue(i, out v) ? v : base[i] = this.DefaltValue;
            }
            set { base[i] = value; }
        }
    }
    static Scanner sc = new Scanner();
}

class Scanner
{
    string[] S = new string[0];
    int Index = 0;
    char[] Separators = new char[] { ' ' };

    public string Next()
    {
        if (this.Index < this.S.Length) return this.S[this.Index++];
        var line = "";
        while (line == "") line = Console.ReadLine();
        this.S = line.Split(this.Separators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
        if (this.S.Length == 0) return this.Next();
        this.Index = 0;
        return this.S[this.Index++];
    }
    public string ReadStr()
    {
        return this.Next();
    }
    public char ReadChar()
    {
        return this.Next()[0];
    }
    public int ReadInt()
    {
        return int.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public uint ReadUInt()
    {
        return uint.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public long ReadLong()
    {
        return long.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public double ReadDouble()
    {
        return double.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public Tuple<int, int> ReadTup()
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt());
    }
    public Tuple<long, long> ReadTupLong()
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadLong(), this.ReadLong());
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int> ReadTup3()
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt());
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int, int> ReadTup4()
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt());
    }
    public int[] ReadIntArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new int[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadInt();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public long[] ReadLongArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new long[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadLong();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public double[] ReadDoubleArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new double[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadDouble();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public char[] ReadCharArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new char[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadChar();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public string[] ReadStrArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new string[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadStr();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<long, long>[] ReadTupLongArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<long, long>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTupLong();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<int, int>[] ReadTupArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<int, int>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTup();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int>[] ReadTup3Array(int n)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<int, int, int>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTup3();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int, int>[] ReadTup4Array(int n)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<int, int, int, int>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTup4();
        }
        return array;
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 48676