package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"
	"strconv"
)

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// IO functions

var (
	nextToken    func() ([]byte, error)
	OutputBuffer *bufio.Writer
	OutputWriter io.Writer
)

func init() {
	// for non-interactive
	SetInput(os.Stdin)
	SetOutput(os.Stdout)

	// Enable below when interactive.  Its ok to leave above intact.
	// SetInteractive(os.Stdout, os.Stdin)
}

func SetInteractive(w io.Writer, r io.Reader) {
	SetUnbefferedInput(r)
	OutputBuffer = nil
	OutputWriter = w
}

func SetOutput(w io.Writer) {
	OutputBuffer = bufio.NewWriter(w)
	OutputWriter = OutputBuffer
}

func Flush() {
	if OutputBuffer != nil {
		OutputBuffer.Flush()
	}
}

func IsSpace(c byte) bool {
	switch c {
	case '\t', '\n', '\v', '\f', '\r', ' ':
		return true
	}
	return false
}

func SetInput(r io.Reader) {
	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
	var b []byte

	var i int
	rest := func() ([]byte, error) {
		for i < len(b) && IsSpace(b[i]) {
			i++
		}
		j := i
		for i < len(b) && !IsSpace(b[i]) {
			i++
		}
		if i == j {
			return nil, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
		}
		return b[j:i], nil
	}
	initial := func() ([]byte, error) {
		io.Copy(buf, r)
		b = buf.Bytes()
		nextToken = rest
		return rest()
	}
	nextToken = initial
}

func SetUnbefferedInput(r io.Reader) {
	buf := bufio.NewReader(r)
	var b []byte

	var i int
	nextToken = func() ([]byte, error) {
		var err error
		if i == len(b) {
			b, err = buf.ReadBytes('\n')
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			i = 0
			j := len(b) - 1
			for 0 <= j && IsSpace(b[j]) {
				j--
			}
			b = b[0 : j+1]
		}
		for i < len(b) && IsSpace(b[i]) {
			i++
		}
		j := i
		for i < len(b) && !IsSpace(b[i]) {
			i++
		}
		if i == j {
			return nil, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
		}
		return b[j:i], nil
	}
}

func readb() []byte {
	b, err := nextToken()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return b
}
func reads() string {
	return string(readb())
}

func readll() int64 {
	i, err := strconv.ParseInt(reads(), 10, 64)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}
	return i
}

func readi() int {
	return int(readll())
}

func readf() float64 {
	f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(reads(), 64)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}
	return f
}

func printf(f string, args ...interface{}) (int, error) {
	return fmt.Fprintf(OutputWriter, f, args...)
}

func println(args ...interface{}) (int, error) {
	return fmt.Fprintln(OutputWriter, args...)
}

func eprintf(f string, args ...interface{}) (int, error) {
	return fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, f, args...)
}

func eprintln(args ...interface{}) (int, error) {
	return fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, args...)
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Simple math functions

func min(a, b int) int {
	if a < b {
		return a
	}
	return b
}

func min64(a, b int64) int64 {
	if a < b {
		return a
	}
	return b
}

func max(a, b int) int {
	if a < b {
		return b
	}
	return a
}

func max64(a, b int64) int64 {
	if a < b {
		return b
	}
	return a
}

func abs(a int) int {
	if a < 0 {
		return -a
	}
	return a
}

func abs64(a int64) int64 {
	if a < 0 {
		return -a
	}
	return a
}

func gcd(a, b int) int {
	if b == 0 {
		return a
	}
	return gcd(b, a%b)
}

func gcd64(a, b int64) int64 {
	if b == 0 {
		return a
	}
	return gcd64(b, a%b)
}

type Edge struct {
	to, ci int
}

func main() {
	defer Flush()

	N := readi()
	C := make([]int, N-1)
	G := make([][]Edge, N)
	for i := range C {
		a := readi() - 1
		b := readi() - 1
		G[a] = append(G[a], Edge{b, i})
		G[b] = append(G[b], Edge{a, i})
	}

	dfs(make([]bool, N), C, G, -1, -1, 0)
	var K int
	for _, c := range C {
		K = max(K, c)
	}
	println(K)
	for i := range C {
		println(C[i])
	}
}

func dfs(visited []bool, C []int, G [][]Edge, prev, pcolor, cur int) {
	color := 1
	for i := range G[cur] {
		if color == pcolor {
			color++
		}

		next := G[cur][i].to
		ci := G[cur][i].ci
		if prev == next {
			continue
		}
		C[ci] = color
		dfs(visited, C, G, cur, color, next)
		color++
	}
}


Measured memory_bytes: 33664